Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1644 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

aireair

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

Puritas changed it: 5,318 times in 1,316 works
Consistency: 99.9% (5,318 of 5,320)
Reach if approved: ~5,593 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: air
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,323 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,318 changes in 1,316 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,318)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſtrong carrion that retaines not onely infection in it ſelfe, but infects all the aireair about: ſo this, that not the ſoule the ſubject of it onely, but all …
With rule
… ſtrong carrion that retaines not onely infection in it ſelfe, but infects all the aireair about: ſo this, that not the ſoule the ſubject of it onely, but all …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… farre abroad in the earth, as their boughs aſcend, and ſpred themſelves in the aireair. Our okes are ſuppoſed to be ſuch. No ſtormes, no tempeſts can overthrow them …
With rule
… farre abroad in the earth, as their boughs aſcend, and ſpred themſelves in the aireair. Our okes are ſuppoſed to be ſuch. No ſtormes, no tempeſts can overthrow them …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it: who is there (I say) that would take exception, and say, alasse the aireair is clowdy, and the weather vncertaine, nay it beginnes to raine, or haile, or …
With rule
… it: who is there (I say) that would take exception, and say, alasse the aireair is clowdy, and the weather vncertaine, nay it beginnes to raine, or haile, or …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 384 · Open in the reader
Printed
… honestly busied. The bird so long as she is vpon wing, flying in the aireair, is safe from the fowler: but when the sits lasie on a tree, pruning …
With rule
… honestly busied. The bird so long as she is vpon wing, flying in the aireair, is safe from the fowler: but when the sits lasie on a tree, pruning …
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Urbane the eight foundeth Episcopall Sees, and Cathedrall Churches, and Ecclesiasticall Courts in the aireair, may we not bee bold to say that hee doth hee knowes not what …
With rule
… Urbane the eight foundeth Episcopall Sees, and Cathedrall Churches, and Ecclesiasticall Courts in the aireair, may we not bee bold to say that hee doth hee knowes not what …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, where Chriſt ſhall iudge all the world, that is, in the aireair, for when Chriſt ſhall ſo deſcend, as he aſcended. Act. 2.11. then we which are …
With rule
Firſt, where Chriſt ſhall iudge all the world, that is, in the aireair, for when Chriſt ſhall ſo deſcend, as he aſcended. Act. 2.11. then we which are …
John Foorthe · The Apostles Catechism · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… borne in procession, or set vp in the market place, or pointed in the aireair, either by a superstitious Papist, or by a diuelish coniurer. Saint Antonies councel, as …
With rule
… borne in procession, or set vp in the market place, or pointed in the aireair, either by a superstitious Papist, or by a diuelish coniurer. Saint Antonies councel, as …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purpoſe, and by a diuine or ſupernaturall cauſe: And as God did cauſe the AireAir to ſpeak, in giuing downe the Law, ſaying, I AM THE LORD THY GOD …
With rule
… purpoſe, and by a diuine or ſupernaturall cauſe: And as God did cauſe the AireAir to ſpeak, in giuing downe the Law, ſaying, I AM THE LORD THY GOD …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 55 · 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.

Reply Against Gilbert Brown A14926

Printed
By M. IOHN WELSCHE, Preacher of Christs Goſpell at AIREAIR.
With rule
By M. IOHN WELSCHE, Preacher of Christs Goſpell at AIREAIR.
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · Open in the reader
Printed
M. Iohn Welſche preacher of Chriſts goſpell at AIREAIR.
With rule
M. Iohn Welſche preacher of Chriſts goſpell at AIREAIR.
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · Open in the reader