Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1893 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

almostealmost

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

Puritas changed it: 493 times in 140 works
Consistency: 99.6% (493 of 495)
Reach if approved: ~520 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: almost
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 495 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (493 changes in 140 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 493)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… turne it into golde, if it might be, they dispute very reasonablye, and conclude almostealmost necessarily in their talke, that it may be conuerted into golde as, a body …
With rule
… turne it into golde, if it might be, they dispute very reasonablye, and conclude almostealmost necessarily in their talke, that it may be conuerted into golde as, a body …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which by tyrannie, ambition, Auarice, & ignorāce these many ages (allace) hath bene oppressed and almostealmost buryed, to the which we wyll postpone all thing that is here moste tender …
With rule
… which by tyrannie, ambition, Auarice, & ignorāce these many ages (allace) hath bene oppressed and almostealmost buryed, to the which we wyll postpone all thing that is here moste tender …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… trarie wynde, that would dryue you from Christe haue so occupied youre eares, that almostealmost you haue forgotten what he was that commaunded you to come to hymselfe, when …
With rule
… trarie wynde, that would dryue you from Christe haue so occupied youre eares, that almostealmost you haue forgotten what he was that commaunded you to come to hymselfe, when …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… drink therof Wee rede of a certain Hermite that complained (whiche had bene ſick almoſtealmost all his life) felt him ſelf wel one yeere to gether: hee was greatly …
With rule
… drink therof Wee rede of a certain Hermite that complained (whiche had bene ſick almoſtealmost all his life) felt him ſelf wel one yeere to gether: hee was greatly …
Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the worlde I mean Prestes, is now so do dymme, y^• it shewethe almostealmost no …yght at al. Menne y^• walke in darknes can not perceaue how to …
With rule
… of the worlde I mean Prestes, is now so do dymme, y^• it shewethe almostealmost no …yght at al. Menne y^• walke in darknes can not perceaue how to …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
… fewe as .v. hundred as by experience in places nat long dayes paſte was almoſtealmost founde to true. As for fynes, and incoms, with reyſinge of theyr rentes they …
With rule
… fewe as .v. hundred as by experience in places nat long dayes paſte was almoſtealmost founde to true. As for fynes, and incoms, with reyſinge of theyr rentes they …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader
Printed
… was redde and hearde in euery towne, in euery churche, in euery vyllage, yea almostealmost in euery honest mans house: alas nowe is it exiled & banished out of the …
With rule
… was redde and hearde in euery towne, in euery churche, in euery vyllage, yea almostealmost in euery honest mans house: alas nowe is it exiled & banished out of the …
Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… verie heeles, purſuing him with a great armie: The red Sea before his eyes, almoſtealmost no waye, lefte of deliuerance, of eſcaping: and yet hee the Lordes ſeruaunt. This …
With rule
… verie heeles, purſuing him with a great armie: The red Sea before his eyes, almoſtealmost no waye, lefte of deliuerance, of eſcaping: and yet hee the Lordes ſeruaunt. This …
Francis Trigge · Defense of our Days over the Days of our Forefathers · p. 32 · 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.

Commentary on 1 John and Jude A17649

Printed
… vnbeleeuers whom beyng redeemed by his power, he had choſen to be his people. AlmoſteAlmost the like compariſon is in Paule, in his firſt to the Corinths, the tenth …
With rule
… vnbeleeuers whom beyng redeemed by his power, he had choſen to be his people. AlmoſteAlmost the like compariſon is in Paule, in his firſt to the Corinths, the tenth …
John Calvin · Commentary on 1 John and Jude · Open in the reader

Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues A68078

Printed
… and defiled with the greasie sauour, they come to the holie of the LORDE. AlmosteAlmost yet belching out the deadly meates of Idols, with their lawes yet breathing out …
With rule
… and defiled with the greasie sauour, they come to the holie of the LORDE. AlmosteAlmost yet belching out the deadly meates of Idols, with their lawes yet breathing out …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 391 · Open in the reader