Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1543 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

groundeground

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

Puritas changed it: 1,474 times in 351 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,474 of 1,478)
Reach if approved: ~1,553 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ground
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,478 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,474 changes in 351 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,474)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Though he had then eaten Chriſte, I ſaye, euen as he went on the groundeground, whiche is the thynge that you do ſo ſore ſtryue about, that he muſt …
With rule
… Though he had then eaten Chriſte, I ſaye, euen as he went on the groundeground, whiche is the thynge that you do ſo ſore ſtryue about, that he muſt …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. xxxxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… yt in the darke with them, their iudgement was to be buryed in the groundeground quycke. Alwayes they went awaye vyrgynes from them (what so euer was done in …
With rule
… yt in the darke with them, their iudgement was to be buryed in the groundeground quycke. Alwayes they went awaye vyrgynes from them (what so euer was done in …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor speake ageynst you in these lattre dayes / so hydynge his talent vndre the groundeground / yet mold… the domme stones do it agaynst youre ydolatrouse generation.
With rule
… nor speake ageynst you in these lattre dayes / so hydynge his talent vndre the groundeground / yet mold… the domme stones do it agaynst youre ydolatrouse generation.
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Materiall and Formall groundeground of Holy-daies are ſuch times, workes Morall, Evangelicall ceremoniall &c. as are deſigned …
With rule
The Materiall and Formall groundeground of Holy-daies are ſuch times, workes Morall, Evangelicall ceremoniall &c. as are deſigned …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are driuē vnto, for defence of your former Aſſertion, which els falleth to the groundeground. And this you affirme flatly in your defence of your 1. 6. and 7. Reaſons.
With rule
… are driuē vnto, for defence of your former Aſſertion, which els falleth to the groundeground. And this you affirme flatly in your defence of your 1. 6. and 7. Reaſons.
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my text vvas in the prophesy of Esay. Vppon these Articles as false …, you groundeground a moste vvicked conclusion, that vvee vvoulde haue no ruler nor gouernour at all …
With rule
… my text vvas in the prophesy of Esay. Vppon these Articles as false …, you groundeground a moste vvicked conclusion, that vvee vvoulde haue no ruler nor gouernour at all …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… hée might recouer his captiu…d people. But let that passe, and consider the groundeground of this comfort. So many gen…lemen en both for their yeeres, lyuings, and …
With rule
… hée might recouer his captiu…d people. But let that passe, and consider the groundeground of this comfort. So many gen…lemen en both for their yeeres, lyuings, and …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and continued in the worlde, which without their ministery woulde vtterly fall to the groundeground and decay. For euen as hée writeth to the Romans: séeing faith commeth by …
With rule
… and continued in the worlde, which without their ministery woulde vtterly fall to the groundeground and decay. For euen as hée writeth to the Romans: séeing faith commeth by …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

Printed
… such wickednesse iustly deserueth, … out especially, to the hurt of Churche and common wealth. GroundeGround therefore gentle (M. Howlet) your conscience hence foorth vpon Christe the true rocke, and …
With rule
… such wickednesse iustly deserueth, … out especially, to the hurt of Churche and common wealth. GroundeGround therefore gentle (M. Howlet) your conscience hence foorth vpon Christe the true rocke, and …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
The large and spacious compasse of GroundeGround, which the Turkish Army should by their huge multitude subdue, to their power and …
With rule
The large and spacious compasse of GroundeGround, which the Turkish Army should by their huge multitude subdue, to their power and …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 116 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
A Waste GroundeGround broken vp, and rid of those thinges, wherewith it was ouergrown, and the fruitefulnesse …
With rule
A Waste GroundeGround broken vp, and rid of those thinges, wherewith it was ouergrown, and the fruitefulnesse …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 62 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

Printed
… that is, into Heaven, represented by the Sanctuarie beyonde the Vayle. And so the GroundeGround is good, as well as the Ancre, to holde all fast.
With rule
… that is, into Heaven, represented by the Sanctuarie beyonde the Vayle. And so the GroundeGround is good, as well as the Ancre, to holde all fast.
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 111 · Open in the reader