Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #189 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vsesuses

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 3,114 times in 678 works
Consistency: 99.6% (3,114 of 3,125)
Reach if approved: ~3,307 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: uses
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,147 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,114 changes in 678 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,114)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to the Corinthes, it is neceſſary for vs al One of the principall ends & vſesuses of preaching, is to giue men warning y^t they doe not deceiue themſelues with …
With rule
… to the Corinthes, it is neceſſary for vs al One of the principall ends & vſesuses of preaching, is to giue men warning y^t they doe not deceiue themſelues with …
George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader
Printed
VſesUses to be made thereof. 108
With rule
VſesUses to be made thereof. 108
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · Open in the reader
Printed
… and hauing much indeede, in ther opinion haue nothing and to all purposes and vsesuses doe as well want that which they haue, as that which they haue not …
With rule
… and hauing much indeede, in ther opinion haue nothing and to all purposes and vsesuses doe as well want that which they haue, as that which they haue not …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelfe euill: The freer a man is from vice himſelfe, the more charitable he vſesuses to be vnto others.
With rule
… ſelfe euill: The freer a man is from vice himſelfe, the more charitable he vſesuses to be vnto others.
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of orders with their ſignifications and vſesuses, or to bring in other actions or vſesuses of the outward partes of the Sacramentes, is to commaunde the holy Ghoſt to …
With rule
… of orders with their ſignifications and vſesuses, or to bring in other actions or vſesuses of the outward partes of the Sacramentes, is to commaunde the holy Ghoſt to …
Dudley Fenner · The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
… turnes his blessing into a curse, and puts his good creatures from their intended vsesuses! The Lambes are for thy cloathing, and the Goates are the price of thy …
With rule
… turnes his blessing into a curse, and puts his good creatures from their intended vsesuses! The Lambes are for thy cloathing, and the Goates are the price of thy …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neuer a Church, but such as haue bene builded by Papistes, and to Popish vsesuses, then the idolaters against the Apostles, which could shewe no temples, but builded vnto …
With rule
… neuer a Church, but such as haue bene builded by Papistes, and to Popish vsesuses, then the idolaters against the Apostles, which could shewe no temples, but builded vnto …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 284 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Creature so sanctified vnto some one speciall or proper vse from all other vsesuses else whatsoeuer.
With rule
… the Creature so sanctified vnto some one speciall or proper vse from all other vsesuses else whatsoeuer.
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 220 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Romans A15525

Printed
… The COHERENCE and METHOD, The SVMME and SCOPE, The INTERPRETATIONS & DOCTRINES, The REASONS and VSESUSES, of most Texts.
With rule
… The COHERENCE and METHOD, The SVMME and SCOPE, The INTERPRETATIONS & DOCTRINES, The REASONS and VSESUSES, of most Texts.
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light A19294

Printed
OF THE DIVERS VSESUSES OF THIS DOCTRINE OF WITCH-CRAFT.
With rule
OF THE DIVERS VSESUSES OF THIS DOCTRINE OF WITCH-CRAFT.
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 319 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

Printed
OF THE DIVERS VSESUSES OF THIS DOCTRINE OF WITCH-CRAFT. The third Booke.
With rule
OF THE DIVERS VSESUSES OF THIS DOCTRINE OF WITCH-CRAFT. The third Booke.
Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 303 · Open in the reader

The Earnest of our Inheritance A20804

Printed
VSESUSES OF EXHORTATION.
With rule
VSESUSES OF EXHORTATION.
Thomas Draxe · The Earnest of our Inheritance · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Sacred Mystery of the Government of the Thoughts B12199

Printed
CHAP. XVI. OF THE VSESUSES of this Treatiſe,
With rule
CHAP. XVI. OF THE VSESUSES of this Treatiſe,
Thomas Cooper · The Sacred Mystery of the Government of the Thoughts · p. 401 · Open in the reader