Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1807 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

turnesturns

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

Puritas changed it: 3,288 times in 1,141 works
Consistency: 99.0% (3,288 of 3,321)
Reach if approved: ~3,489 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: turns
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,321 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,288 changes in 1,141 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,288)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
1. E. 3. cap: 17. Endictments in Sherifes turnesturns muſt be by Rols indented, one part to remaine with the enditors, the other …
With rule
1. E. 3. cap: 17. Endictments in Sherifes turnesturns muſt be by Rols indented, one part to remaine with the enditors, the other …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and wonted strength▪ for want of resistance, tyrannizeth, and not finding whereupon to worke, turnesturns vpon that substantiall viuiditie, exciccating & consuming it This ouersparing abstinence wastes, weakenes, sickens the …
With rule
… and wonted strength▪ for want of resistance, tyrannizeth, and not finding whereupon to worke, turnesturns vpon that substantiall viuiditie, exciccating & consuming it This ouersparing abstinence wastes, weakenes, sickens the …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… annointed. v. 24. Perſ. mon. p. 175. & 200. and ſo for a full end of the controverſie turnesturns this propheſie quite from Chriſt; becauſe hee cannot ſee how it can ſtand with …
With rule
… annointed. v. 24. Perſ. mon. p. 175. & 200. and ſo for a full end of the controverſie turnesturns this propheſie quite from Chriſt; becauſe hee cannot ſee how it can ſtand with …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is alſo magnified by Deprecations, in that he is acknowledged to bee for all turnesturns able to doe, and able to vndoe. Able to doe that good for vs …
With rule
… is alſo magnified by Deprecations, in that he is acknowledged to bee for all turnesturns able to doe, and able to vndoe. Able to doe that good for vs …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Calfe, and a Cake; and all the meates of Nature serve not our turnesturns, unlesse we feed upon Art. This is that which Christ forbids; our affecting curiosity …
With rule
… a Calfe, and a Cake; and all the meates of Nature serve not our turnesturns, unlesse we feed upon Art. This is that which Christ forbids; our affecting curiosity …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… condition of true repentance, ſeemed much to affect him. As hee is curſed that turnesturns the grace of God into wantonneſſe: ſo hee is bleſſed who by Gods mercies …
With rule
… condition of true repentance, ſeemed much to affect him. As hee is curſed that turnesturns the grace of God into wantonneſſe: ſo hee is bleſſed who by Gods mercies …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dark by-paths of vngodlinesse, that leade to the chambers of death, & when he turnesturns at any time into the wayes of God, it is for some ill▪ and …
With rule
… dark by-paths of vngodlinesse, that leade to the chambers of death, & when he turnesturns at any time into the wayes of God, it is for some ill▪ and …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 287 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then turnesturns him to the peoples ſight:
With rule
Then turnesturns him to the peoples ſight:
Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism A10180

Printed
… if our Parliaments haue such a transcendent power, as to authorize Sheriffes in their TurnesTurns, and Stewards in their Leetes and Wapentakes, to enquire of haeresie and haeretiques: as …
With rule
… if our Parliaments haue such a transcendent power, as to authorize Sheriffes in their TurnesTurns, and Stewards in their Leetes and Wapentakes, to enquire of haeresie and haeretiques: as …
William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · Open in the reader

Exposition of Hosea 6 A12523

Printed
Fourthly, and laſtly, ſeeing that he that repents & TurnesTurns vnto God, is hee alone That liues in Gods ſight, Vſe. 4 that is, in …
With rule
Fourthly, and laſtly, ſeeing that he that repents & TurnesTurns vnto God, is hee alone That liues in Gods ſight, Vſe. 4 that is, in …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience A14732

Printed
Our Iustices in their seuerall diuisions, Iudges of hundred Courts and TurnesTurns to their Rulers of hundreds, to whom I may adde high Constables in their …
With rule
Our Iustices in their seuerall diuisions, Iudges of hundred Courts and TurnesTurns to their Rulers of hundreds, to whom I may adde high Constables in their …
Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Jethros Justice of Peace A14745

Printed
Our Iustices in their seuerall diuisions, Iudges of hundred Courts and TurnesTurns to their Rulers of hundreds, to whom I may adde high Constables in their …
With rule
Our Iustices in their seuerall diuisions, Iudges of hundred Courts and TurnesTurns to their Rulers of hundreds, to whom I may adde high Constables in their …
Samuel Ward · Jethros Justice of Peace · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
TurnesTurns into ſea, earth's made a thickned water.
With rule
TurnesTurns into ſea, earth's made a thickned water.
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
TurnesTurns Loſſe to Gaine; and Stormes to proſp'rous Windes.
With rule
TurnesTurns Loſſe to Gaine; and Stormes to proſp'rous Windes.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
That Nights have but their TurnesTurns; and (they once gone)
With rule
That Nights have but their TurnesTurns; and (they once gone)
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Comforting Afflicted Consciences A16330

Printed
… the ingenuousnesse of the noblest spirit is doggednesse and disdaine. Especially sith Mens good TurnesTurns, and Offices of love, turne many times to our good and benefit, to our …
With rule
… the ingenuousnesse of the noblest spirit is doggednesse and disdaine. Especially sith Mens good TurnesTurns, and Offices of love, turne many times to our good and benefit, to our …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 379 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 A41688

Printed
… has its foreign, tropic ſhadow, or ſhadow of turning: it has its annual Tropes, or TurnesTurns and Viciſſitudes, which they cal the Solſtices; whereby it is nearer to, or remoter …
With rule
… has its foreign, tropic ſhadow, or ſhadow of turning: it has its annual Tropes, or TurnesTurns and Viciſſitudes, which they cal the Solſtices; whereby it is nearer to, or remoter …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 257 · Open in the reader

Several Sermons A45658

Printed
… Child? makes a Rod, of a Sword? drawes Blood, and bathes his Sword therein? TurnesTurns his Children a begging, and outs them of all? Is not here wrath? And …
With rule
… Child? makes a Rod, of a Sword? drawes Blood, and bathes his Sword therein? TurnesTurns his Children a begging, and outs them of all? Is not here wrath? And …
Robert Harris · Several Sermons · p. 113 · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

Printed
… p. 25. l. 1. r. he commands, p. 32. l. 3. Rom, r. Reu, p. 65. l. 9. Townes. r. TurnesTurns, p. 70. l. 28. A. contemtuous, p. 72. l. 15. Curiae, p. 79. l. 2. a…gue, p. 81. l. 28. but …
With rule
… p. 25. l. 1. r. he commands, p. 32. l. 3. Rom, r. Reu, p. 65. l. 9. Townes. r. TurnesTurns, p. 70. l. 28. A. contemtuous, p. 72. l. 15. Curiae, p. 79. l. 2. a…gue, p. 81. l. 28. but …
William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · Open in the reader

The Disabled Debtor Discharged A57544

Printed
… was then upon her: Now upon her Repentance, and true turning our bleſſed Saviour TurnesTurns unto the woeman. Teaching us this leſſon,
With rule
… was then upon her: Now upon her Repentance, and true turning our bleſſed Saviour TurnesTurns unto the woeman. Teaching us this leſſon,
Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 132 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
TurnesTurns no new leafe, but ſtill the ſame things reads,
With rule
TurnesTurns no new leafe, but ſtill the ſame things reads,
John Donne · Poems · p. 72 · Open in the reader

The Infancy of the World A76717

Printed
TurnesTurns fury: ah! can, can we be excus'd,
With rule
TurnesTurns fury: ah! can, can we be excus'd,
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
TurnesTurns him into a Flower, her a Tree.
With rule
TurnesTurns him into a Flower, her a Tree.
Nicolas Billingsley · The Infancy of the World · p. 164 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached 25 May 1642 A87151

Printed
… Child? make a Rod, of a Sword? drawes Blood, and bathes his Sword therein? TurnesTurns his Children a begging, and outs them of all? Is not here wrath? And …
With rule
… Child? make a Rod, of a Sword? drawes Blood, and bathes his Sword therein? TurnesTurns his Children a begging, and outs them of all? Is not here wrath? And …
Robert Harris · Sermon Preached 25 May 1642 · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth B12200

Printed
… to their capacitie, for them, and vſe of them in their ſeuerall Callings and TurnesTurns, to aduance Gods power in their weakeneſſe.
With rule
… to their capacitie, for them, and vſe of them in their ſeuerall Callings and TurnesTurns, to aduance Gods power in their weakeneſſe.
Thomas Cooper · The Wonderful Mystery of Spiritual Growth · p. 243 · Open in the reader