Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1585 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

formesforms

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

Puritas changed it: 4,348 times in 1,182 works
Consistency: 100% (4,348 of 4,348)
Reach if approved: ~4,569 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forms
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,348 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,348 changes in 1,182 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,348)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and feet, and eyes: why therefore may they not repreſent him in the ſame formesforms? But we ſay, the Scripture alſo ſpeaks of his couering vs with the ſhadow …
With rule
… and feet, and eyes: why therefore may they not repreſent him in the ſame formesforms? But we ſay, the Scripture alſo ſpeaks of his couering vs with the ſhadow …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is death. As the ſame metall running upon divers moulds is caſt into divers formesforms; ſo the words of this Text admit of divers diviſions, according to ſeverall moulds …
With rule
… is death. As the ſame metall running upon divers moulds is caſt into divers formesforms; ſo the words of this Text admit of divers diviſions, according to ſeverall moulds …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 630 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of masked Papists, and still is for masked Papists and Ministers to use such formesforms of speach I detest, I abhorre &c. It is strange, that that should bee …
With rule
… of masked Papists, and still is for masked Papists and Ministers to use such formesforms of speach I detest, I abhorre &c. It is strange, that that should bee …
David Calderwood · An Answer to Forbes Peaceable Warning · Open in the reader
Printed
… doore mighte bee vnder it, which coulde not bee conueyed in tables of suche formesforms as nowe adayes are in vse. The Bible 1577. in the margent placeth the word …
With rule
… doore mighte bee vnder it, which coulde not bee conueyed in tables of suche formesforms as nowe adayes are in vse. The Bible 1577. in the margent placeth the word …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 452 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that mens consciences neither can nor ought to be tied herein to certaine precise formesforms of lawes: but since that the Scripture deliuereth generall Rules of the lawfull vse …
With rule
… that mens consciences neither can nor ought to be tied herein to certaine precise formesforms of lawes: but since that the Scripture deliuereth generall Rules of the lawfull vse …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing. Then I reaſon further, that if the Prophets and our Sauiour gaue preſcript formesforms to be vſed, the Church may take order to ſée them vſed. And from …
With rule
… thing. Then I reaſon further, that if the Prophets and our Sauiour gaue preſcript formesforms to be vſed, the Church may take order to ſée them vſed. And from …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
Many are the kindes and formesforms of ſpeeches whereunto AMEN is in Scripture noted to be added, as
With rule
Many are the kindes and formesforms of ſpeeches whereunto AMEN is in Scripture noted to be added, as
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… practise. M. Luther, M. Beza, Vrbanus Rhegius, M. Taffin, and others, haue very excellent formesforms of consolation; and many godly brethren in our times haue ministred good helpe for …
With rule
… practise. M. Luther, M. Beza, Vrbanus Rhegius, M. Taffin, and others, haue very excellent formesforms of consolation; and many godly brethren in our times haue ministred good helpe for …
Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.