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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1317 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

askeask

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
16,670 times in 2,250 works
Consistency
99.9% (16,670 of 16,677)
Reach if approved
~17,529 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: ask
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
16,683 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (16,670 changes in 2,250 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 16,670)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Thy helpe I crave, thy furtherance I askeask,
    With rule
    Thy helpe I crave, thy furtherance I askeask,

    Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … when in Israel they had had a long time of dearth; He went to askeask of God for what cause it might be: make a search into, take surueigh …
    With rule
    … when in Israel they had had a long time of dearth; He went to askeask of God for what cause it might be: make a search into, take surueigh …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … workes of the world haue an vnsauory rellish. Would you know what they are? AskeAsk S. Iohn. All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the …
    With rule
    … workes of the world haue an vnsauory rellish. Would you know what they are? AskeAsk S. Iohn. All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … throgh Ieſus Chriſt. Rom. 8.13.14.15. Gal. 4.6. More readie than anie father, to grant that we askeask according to his will, and therefore muſt be waited on, in requeſt & ſuit, til …
    With rule
    … throgh Ieſus Chriſt. Rom. 8.13.14.15. Gal. 4.6. More readie than anie father, to grant that we askeask according to his will, and therefore muſt be waited on, in requeſt & ſuit, til …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Thy loue I dare not askeask, or mutuall fixing,
    With rule
    Thy loue I dare not askeask, or mutuall fixing,

    Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … over Pastours, to whom Christ hath committed the governemēt of his house. If I askeask them, what they do meane by this their distinction of a publike and privat …
    With rule
    … over Pastours, to whom Christ hath committed the governemēt of his house. If I askeask them, what they do meane by this their distinction of a publike and privat …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to that also, Psal. 2. Thou art my Sonne, this day haue I begotten thee. AskeAsk of me, and I shall giue thee the Heathen for thine inheritance, and the …
    With rule
    … to that also, Psal. 2. Thou art my Sonne, this day haue I begotten thee. AskeAsk of me, and I shall giue thee the Heathen for thine inheritance, and the …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    CHrist promiseth that his father will geue the holy spirite to those yt askeask it importunatly, which whē he also procedeth frō the sonne, after great perfume stirred …
    With rule
    CHrist promiseth that his father will geue the holy spirite to those yt askeask it importunatly, which whē he also procedeth frō the sonne, after great perfume stirred …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 51 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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.

The Return of Prayers A01902

  • Printed
    … ſaid it; Thus ſaith the Lord, the holy One of Iſrael and his Maker, ASKEASK of me, of things to come, concerning my ſonnes, and concerning the worke of …
    With rule
    … ſaid it; Thus ſaith the Lord, the holy One of Iſrael and his Maker, ASKEASK of me, of things to come, concerning my ſonnes, and concerning the worke of …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · Open in the reader

Moses Unveiled A02353

  • Printed
    ASkeAsk of mee, and I shall giue thee the Heathen for thine inheritance, and the …
    With rule
    ASkeAsk of mee, and I shall giue thee the Heathen for thine inheritance, and the …

    William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Epigrams A08687

  • Printed
    ASkeAsk and Receiue, so Iames th' Apostle sayes,
    With rule
    ASkeAsk and Receiue, so Iames th' Apostle sayes,

    John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader

Warning to Take Heed of Fowlers Psalter A11432

  • Printed
    TO MY VERY GODLY LOVING FREND, AND BROTHER, M. ROBERT ASKEASK GOLDSMITH, AND ONE of the Bridgemaiſters, of the Citie of London.
    With rule
    TO MY VERY GODLY LOVING FREND, AND BROTHER, M. ROBERT ASKEASK GOLDSMITH, AND ONE of the Bridgemaiſters, of the Citie of London.

    Thomas Sampson · Warning to Take Heed of Fowlers Psalter · p. 3 · Open in the reader

A Pattern of Popish Peace A44590

  • Printed
    ASKEASK and enquire what are the things of highest, most solemne, and sacred Obligation, that …
    With rule
    ASKEASK and enquire what are the things of highest, most solemne, and sacred Obligation, that …

    François Hotman · A Pattern of Popish Peace · Open in the reader

Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture B13871

  • Printed
    ASkeAsk yee of the Lord, raine, in the due season thereof; even the later raine …
    With rule
    ASkeAsk yee of the Lord, raine, in the due season thereof; even the later raine …

    Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 606 · Open in the reader