Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12712 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shewenshown

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 678 times in 329 works
Consistency: 99.8% (678 of 679)
Reach if approved: ~713 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shown
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 679 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (678 changes in 329 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 678)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… then our full and perfect obedience, ſhould have done. otherwiſe, it could never have ſhewenshown the righteouſnes of God: neither could he have bene manifeſted iuſt, in iuſtifying vs …
With rule
… then our full and perfect obedience, ſhould have done. otherwiſe, it could never have ſhewenshown the righteouſnes of God: neither could he have bene manifeſted iuſt, in iuſtifying vs …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Lot is not, in it ſelfe, an holy thing. Indeed; He would have shewenshown in his 3▪ reaſon inducing him to allow luſorious Lotts▪ as not evill in themſelves …
With rule
… a Lot is not, in it ſelfe, an holy thing. Indeed; He would have shewenshown in his 3▪ reaſon inducing him to allow luſorious Lotts▪ as not evill in themſelves …
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… burthened wyth the law. Hereafter declared Paule and Barnabas what wonderouſe woorkes God had ſhewenshown by them amongeſt the gentils, who neuer obſerued Moſes lawe▪ and laſt Iames, who …
With rule
… burthened wyth the law. Hereafter declared Paule and Barnabas what wonderouſe woorkes God had ſhewenshown by them amongeſt the gentils, who neuer obſerued Moſes lawe▪ and laſt Iames, who …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
That Faith, which is truely Christian may be shewenshown and proued so to be.
With rule
That Faith, which is truely Christian may be shewenshown and proued so to be.
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
He was loſt] Heare we ſee what (in part) hath beene before ſhewenshown, viz.
With rule
He was loſt] Heare we ſee what (in part) hath beene before ſhewenshown, viz.
Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
In which is shewenshown the priviledges and prerogatives of a man that is convinced in all temptations,
With rule
In which is shewenshown the priviledges and prerogatives of a man that is convinced in all temptations,
Richard Sibbes · The Saints privilege · Open in the reader
Printed
… brute beastes minister greate occasion of righte good matter, considerynge manye of theim haue shewenshown vnto vs, the paternes and ymages of diuers vertues.
With rule
… brute beastes minister greate occasion of righte good matter, considerynge manye of theim haue shewenshown vnto vs, the paternes and ymages of diuers vertues.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thinke by reſembling him to any thing hee doth ſee? the Lord himſelfe hath ſhewenshown the way, ca…ie, glorious, and able to prepare our hearts vnto him, in …
With rule
… thinke by reſembling him to any thing hee doth ſee? the Lord himſelfe hath ſhewenshown the way, ca…ie, glorious, and able to prepare our hearts vnto him, in …
Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.