Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1441 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unlesseunless

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

Puritas changed it: 15,927 times in 1,880 works
Consistency: 99.9% (15,927 of 15,929)
Reach if approved: ~16,739 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 15,931 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (15,927 changes in 1,880 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 15,927)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… cauſe to bee caſt downe; but all theſe are miſerable comforters, (as Iob ſaid) unleſſeunless God ſpeak peace: David heard by the Prophet Nathan that his ſinne was pardoned …
With rule
… cauſe to bee caſt downe; but all theſe are miſerable comforters, (as Iob ſaid) unleſſeunless God ſpeak peace: David heard by the Prophet Nathan that his ſinne was pardoned …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
… joy; than onely to heare of joy? but indeede, wee cannot feele this joy, unlesseunless wee heare it first: and if once wee heare it; it is then our …
With rule
… joy; than onely to heare of joy? but indeede, wee cannot feele this joy, unlesseunless wee heare it first: and if once wee heare it; it is then our …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conceived how it ſhould generally be uſed unleſſeunless it be ſet apart, that is, unleſſeunless one be choſen amongſt many and agreed upon, to teſtifie conſent. In a ſtinted …
With rule
… conceived how it ſhould generally be uſed unleſſeunless it be ſet apart, that is, unleſſeunless one be choſen amongſt many and agreed upon, to teſtifie conſent. In a ſtinted …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he required it of him. Adam was like a Steward in a noblemans family, unleſſeunless the Maſter giveth him authority, hee can have none; ſo it was with Adam …
With rule
… he required it of him. Adam was like a Steward in a noblemans family, unleſſeunless the Maſter giveth him authority, hee can have none; ſo it was with Adam …
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when they ſmart, it is likely we ſhall heare them cry, and weepe bitterly, unleſſeunless that heavy … have befallen them, that no man … to heart, when the righteous periſheth.
With rule
… when they ſmart, it is likely we ſhall heare them cry, and weepe bitterly, unleſſeunless that heavy … have befallen them, that no man … to heart, when the righteous periſheth.
George Hughes · The Saints Loss and Lamentation · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the kingdome of heaven. They of our ſide that have to doe there, unleſſeunless they bee very wary, are in daily danger of the bloudy Inquiſition. They that …
With rule
… to the kingdome of heaven. They of our ſide that have to doe there, unleſſeunless they bee very wary, are in daily danger of the bloudy Inquiſition. They that …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can be acceptable to God, (even although they be the actions commaunded by God) unleſſeunless beleeving we doe them by …aith, yea not onely are they not acceptable, but …
With rule
… can be acceptable to God, (even although they be the actions commaunded by God) unleſſeunless beleeving we doe them by …aith, yea not onely are they not acceptable, but …
John Forbes · A Fruitful Sermon · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by art and education will not make them bring forth acceptable fruit unto God, unleſſeunless they bee grafted with grace from above. Thoſe other things may make them civill …
With rule
… by art and education will not make them bring forth acceptable fruit unto God, unleſſeunless they bee grafted with grace from above. Thoſe other things may make them civill …
Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

Printed
… conclude, their NO BISHOP, NO KING, to be a notorious Bull, and NO KING UNLESSEUNLESS NO BISHOP, to be a more probable and more true position. They contrary to …
With rule
… conclude, their NO BISHOP, NO KING, to be a notorious Bull, and NO KING UNLESSEUNLESS NO BISHOP, to be a more probable and more true position. They contrary to …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… the Altar, forbad him in the name of Almighty God, to assume that honour, UNLESSEUNLESS HE HAD A FULL PURPOSE TO KEEPE WHAT HE HAD SWORNE; Whereunto Richard ASSENTING …
With rule
… the Altar, forbad him in the name of Almighty God, to assume that honour, UNLESSEUNLESS HE HAD A FULL PURPOSE TO KEEPE WHAT HE HAD SWORNE; Whereunto Richard ASSENTING …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 53 · Open in the reader