Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1819 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

personeperson

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

Puritas changed it: 657 times in 125 works
Consistency: 95.6% (657 of 687)
Reach if approved: ~722 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: person
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 687 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (657 changes in 125 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 657)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of his ſon Chriſt. Think not ſtraing that the thing is writtē in the perſoneperson of God, for al truth is of god. G…ie pacient eare therfore vnto …
With rule
… of his ſon Chriſt. Think not ſtraing that the thing is writtē in the perſoneperson of God, for al truth is of god. G…ie pacient eare therfore vnto …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxliiii · Open in the reader
Printed
… othe / as with stryking with the swearde. Lawfull is it not for euery priuate personeperson at his owne lust to slee. But to the magistrates / whan they se iuste …
With rule
… othe / as with stryking with the swearde. Lawfull is it not for euery priuate personeperson at his owne lust to slee. But to the magistrates / whan they se iuste …
Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · Open in the reader
Printed
… enforceth to ſtande forth in theſe colours. 3. He is alſo here noted to be perſoneperson of ſaynt Antonynes within the cyte and dioceſe of London, to make the matter …
With rule
… enforceth to ſtande forth in theſe colours. 3. He is alſo here noted to be perſoneperson of ſaynt Antonynes within the cyte and dioceſe of London, to make the matter …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
The perſon of the Father is one. The perſoneperson of the Sonne another. The perſoneperson of the holy Ghooſte another.
With rule
The perſon of the Father is one. The perſoneperson of the Sonne another. The perſoneperson of the holy Ghooſte another.
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… this world: we besethe thee lightē the heart of this sicke, weake and diseased personeperson, with the beames of thy deuine grace & mercy, y^t al his thoughtes, wordes & workes …
With rule
… this world: we besethe thee lightē the heart of this sicke, weake and diseased personeperson, with the beames of thy deuine grace & mercy, y^t al his thoughtes, wordes & workes …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 344 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their visitations take money for procurations of those Churches which they visite not in personeperson, or more money for procurations, then will defray their dyet and horse-meat, there …
With rule
… their visitations take money for procurations of those Churches which they visite not in personeperson, or more money for procurations, then will defray their dyet and horse-meat, there …
William Prynne · Sixteen New Queries · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commande the to ſmyte yf they wyll not be ruled▪ nowe thou arte another perſoneperson. Notwithſtandyng yet thou haſte not put of the fyrſt perſoneperson / but art a brother …
With rule
… commande the to ſmyte yf they wyll not be ruled▪ nowe thou arte another perſoneperson. Notwithſtandyng yet thou haſte not put of the fyrſt perſoneperson / but art a brother …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. l · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely his manhed that suffred it, But because of the inseperable vnite of the personeperson / it is sayde verely. That the sone of god had suffred / & the sone of …
With rule
… onely his manhed that suffred it, But because of the inseperable vnite of the personeperson / it is sayde verely. That the sone of god had suffred / & the sone of …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Reckoning and Declaration of Faith and Belief · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 are listed here. 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

To Prince James A04219

Printed
… having never intertained or harboured in them the least spark of disloyaltie to your PersonePerson & Crowne; we prostrate our selves at your High. feete, most humbly intreating, That whereas …
With rule
… having never intertained or harboured in them the least spark of disloyaltie to your PersonePerson & Crowne; we prostrate our selves at your High. feete, most humbly intreating, That whereas …
Henry Jacob · To Prince James · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Justification of Man by Faith Only A07407

Printed
… and one of his chapleyns be he Archbyſhop, or Byſſhop, Suffrigā or Archdeacon, Deane, PerſonePerson, or pore Cucate. We haue a ſaying in our mother tong. Thou ſhalt neuer …
With rule
… and one of his chapleyns be he Archbyſhop, or Byſſhop, Suffrigā or Archdeacon, Deane, PerſonePerson, or pore Cucate. We haue a ſaying in our mother tong. Thou ſhalt neuer …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lxxxxvi · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

Printed
… will nowe begyn to speake of the matter it selfe. I call therfore a PersonePerson, a subsistence in the essence of God, which hauyng relation to the other is …
With rule
… will nowe begyn to speake of the matter it selfe. I call therfore a PersonePerson, a subsistence in the essence of God, which hauyng relation to the other is …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we shall hereafter see in place conuenient. But this monstrous forged deuise, that a PersonePerson is nothyng ells but a visible forme of the glory of God, needeth no …
With rule
… we shall hereafter see in place conuenient. But this monstrous forged deuise, that a PersonePerson is nothyng ells but a visible forme of the glory of God, needeth no …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an accepter of persones, thā as they iudge it. For by the name of PersonePerson, it signifieth not a man, but those things which beyng seen with eyes in …
With rule
… an accepter of persones, thā as they iudge it. For by the name of PersonePerson, it signifieth not a man, but those things which beyng seen with eyes in …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
… whom he liſteth, and how he liſteth. Many men, when they heere this woorde PerſonePerson ſpoken of, doo beguyle themſelues, and wreſt it agaynſt the meeening of the holy …
With rule
… whom he liſteth, and how he liſteth. Many men, when they heere this woorde PerſonePerson ſpoken of, doo beguyle themſelues, and wreſt it agaynſt the meeening of the holy …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
PersonePerson Eccl. de Fiditton
With rule
PersonePerson Eccl. de Fiditton
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 104 · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

Printed
PersonePerson / a monke and inquisitour .41.
With rule
PersonePerson / a monke and inquisitour .41.
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… with vs, but the fauoure of him blindeth vs. Alſo this worde Face or PerſonePerson, is referred to the outwarde things that may ſerue to incline our mindes eyther …
With rule
… with vs, but the fauoure of him blindeth vs. Alſo this worde Face or PerſonePerson, is referred to the outwarde things that may ſerue to incline our mindes eyther …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 249 · Open in the reader

A Satire of the Three Estates A72573

Printed
PerſonePerson.
With rule
PerſonePerson.
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
PerſonePerson.
With rule
PerſonePerson.
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
Rycht ſa the PerſonePerson vnto his parochoun,
With rule
Rycht ſa the PerſonePerson vnto his parochoun,
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · Open in the reader
Printed
PerſonePerson.
With rule
PerſonePerson.
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · Open in the reader
Printed
PerſonePerson.
With rule
PerſonePerson.
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 120 · Open in the reader