Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1442 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

amisseamiss

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

Puritas changed it: 5,881 times in 1,653 works
Consistency: 99.8% (5,881 of 5,888)
Reach if approved: ~6,187 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: amiss
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,888 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,881 changes in 1,653 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,881)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
No, game arriue's amisseamiss vnto her net,
With rule
No, game arriue's amisseamiss vnto her net,
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… the burthē of his ſinnes gréeuous, and his conſcience diſquieted, then were it not amiſſeamiss, to reſort to a good prieſt: and if he fayled, that a man might …
With rule
… the burthē of his ſinnes gréeuous, and his conſcience diſquieted, then were it not amiſſeamiss, to reſort to a good prieſt: and if he fayled, that a man might …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
… where they write well, or can not be iustified by him where they write amisseamiss. I will therefore passe ouer all such fruitlesse controuersies, and keepe me onely to …
With rule
… where they write well, or can not be iustified by him where they write amisseamiss. I will therefore passe ouer all such fruitlesse controuersies, and keepe me onely to …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or pastime is not simply euill in it selfe. Yet it shall not be amisseamiss to heare what the rest say.
With rule
… or pastime is not simply euill in it selfe. Yet it shall not be amisseamiss to heare what the rest say.
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rule ouer deuils, & therfore though he appeare fierce & terrible before him, it is not amisseamiss: nay it confirmeth him y^• more. Now for conuenient matter to work vpon, I …
With rule
… rule ouer deuils, & therfore though he appeare fierce & terrible before him, it is not amisseamiss: nay it confirmeth him y^• more. Now for conuenient matter to work vpon, I …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee needed not to put them in mind particularlie: yet it ſhall not be amiſſeamiss for me to note ſomewhat.
With rule
… hee needed not to put them in mind particularlie: yet it ſhall not be amiſſeamiss for me to note ſomewhat.
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnderstand alike: some take it for the whole bodie, and euerie part, not much amisseamiss, for in deed the whole bodie must be chast. It was well said by …
With rule
… vnderstand alike: some take it for the whole bodie, and euerie part, not much amisseamiss, for in deed the whole bodie must be chast. It was well said by …
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… dueties in reforming, are thoſe dueties whereby they muſt laboure to reforme euery thing amiſſeamiss which is eſpied, for Gods glorie and their good, and leaſt it creepe further …
With rule
… dueties in reforming, are thoſe dueties whereby they muſt laboure to reforme euery thing amiſſeamiss which is eſpied, for Gods glorie and their good, and leaſt it creepe further …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · 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 Breastplate of Faith and Love A09950

Printed
AmisseAmiss.
With rule
AmisseAmiss.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader

A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice A10192

Printed
AmisseAmiss: the more it is examined,
With rule
AmisseAmiss: the more it is examined,
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 32 · Open in the reader

A Christian Amendment A13850

Printed
… there muſt be an hearty ſorrow, vpon due examination, for whatſover hath beene done AmiſſeAmiss before: in reſpect of the preſent, a diligent endeavour to bee better ſetled; &, for …
With rule
… there muſt be an hearty ſorrow, vpon due examination, for whatſover hath beene done AmiſſeAmiss before: in reſpect of the preſent, a diligent endeavour to bee better ſetled; &, for …
Henry Tozer · A Christian Amendment · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Truth Tried A97067

Printed
… not to act, is all one. So to Think is Reall, but to Think AmiſſeAmiss is Nothing, and all one with Not-thinking.
With rule
… not to act, is all one. So to Think is Reall, but to Think AmiſſeAmiss is Nothing, and all one with Not-thinking.
John Wallis · Truth Tried · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
He grants therefore, that the Soule pronouncing or Underſtanding a Falſe poſition, or thinking AmiſſeAmiss, doth really Think, really Act: Now I ask, while it doth really Think, What …
With rule
He grants therefore, that the Soule pronouncing or Underſtanding a Falſe poſition, or thinking AmiſſeAmiss, doth really Think, really Act: Now I ask, while it doth really Think, What …
John Wallis · Truth Tried · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet Really Act; And his Lordſhip alſo granteth, that when the Underſtanding doth act AmiſſeAmiss, it doth yet Really Act; The Opining, or Thinking, (ſaith he) is a good …
With rule
… yet Really Act; And his Lordſhip alſo granteth, that when the Underſtanding doth act AmiſſeAmiss, it doth yet Really Act; The Opining, or Thinking, (ſaith he) is a good …
John Wallis · Truth Tried · p. 83 · Open in the reader