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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1792 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forgetfulnesseforgetfulness

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

Puritas changed it
1,004 times in 471 works
Consistency
100% (1,004 of 1,004)
Reach if approved
~1,055 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: forgetfulness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,004 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,004 changes in 471 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,004)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … then, and in health time alſo, ſhee did much complaine of her ſinnes and forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness, for which it was neceſſary to be corrected. Her continuall bewailing, and often mourning …
    With rule
    … then, and in health time alſo, ſhee did much complaine of her ſinnes and forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness, for which it was neceſſary to be corrected. Her continuall bewailing, and often mourning …

    John Mayer · A Pattern for Women · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … braine, causeth a feuer. The cause of Idlenesse is indulgence to the flesh, a forgetfulnesseforgetfulness of the end of our creation, a wilfull digression from man: for the lazy …
    With rule
    … braine, causeth a feuer. The cause of Idlenesse is indulgence to the flesh, a forgetfulnesseforgetfulness of the end of our creation, a wilfull digression from man: for the lazy …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … we forget him, if we would not haue him to forget vs: for our forgetfulnesseforgetfulness of him, and our dutie to him, is for the most part the cause …
    With rule
    … we forget him, if we would not haue him to forget vs: for our forgetfulnesseforgetfulness of him, and our dutie to him, is for the most part the cause …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … euill things, and in particular reuenge. Remembrance of wrongs, encreaſeth deſire of reuenge. But forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness thereof cauſeth fulleſt forgiueneſſe.
    With rule
    … euill things, and in particular reuenge. Remembrance of wrongs, encreaſeth deſire of reuenge. But forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness thereof cauſeth fulleſt forgiueneſſe.

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 217 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of thy youth: shewing that all the sinnes of our youth, proceedeth from our forgetfulnesseforgetfulness of God, as all our obedience commeth from this remembrance of him, considering that …
    With rule
    … of thy youth: shewing that all the sinnes of our youth, proceedeth from our forgetfulnesseforgetfulness of God, as all our obedience commeth from this remembrance of him, considering that …

    William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of the delaies of ſo many yeeres, might ſeeme to bee euen buried in forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness; hee would now make knowne his neuer failing faithfulneſſe, and ſhew to the world …
    With rule
    … of the delaies of ſo many yeeres, might ſeeme to bee euen buried in forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness; hee would now make knowne his neuer failing faithfulneſſe, and ſhew to the world …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … be glorified, and as little comfort to our body, (layd downe in so brutish forgetfulnesseforgetfulness) that it shall go to God at our next rising.
    With rule
    … be glorified, and as little comfort to our body, (layd downe in so brutish forgetfulnesseforgetfulness) that it shall go to God at our next rising.

    Robert Horne · Points of Instruction for the Ignorant · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and conſequences of it, Pſal. 50.22, Conſider this ye that forget God. Where conſideration and forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness are oppoſed. I conſidered my wayes, and ſo repented. Thus you ſee, what this …
    With rule
    … and conſequences of it, Pſal. 50.22, Conſider this ye that forget God. Where conſideration and forgetfulneſſeforgetfulness are oppoſed. I conſidered my wayes, and ſo repented. Thus you ſee, what this …

    Paul Baynes · A Caveat for Cold Christians · p. 13 · 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.