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substantiuesubstantive

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

Puritas changed it
234 times in 42 works
Consistency
85.4% (234 of 274)
Reach if approved
~288 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: substantive
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
274 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (234 changes in 42 works, 85.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 234)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … place. Neither hath Eſay worde for worde ſo ſpoken, but he hath put two ſubſtantiuesubstantive nownes, namely, conſumption, and definition, or deciding and ending: ſo that the deſire or …
    With rule
    … place. Neither hath Eſay worde for worde ſo ſpoken, but he hath put two ſubſtantiuesubstantive nownes, namely, conſumption, and definition, or deciding and ending: ſo that the deſire or …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … master Harding can not make illum, the Neuter gender, nor yet finde any other substantiuesubstantive in the sentence, than panem, then his Grammer hath as euill hap as his …
    With rule
    … master Harding can not make illum, the Neuter gender, nor yet finde any other substantiuesubstantive in the sentence, than panem, then his Grammer hath as euill hap as his …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Loue is a ſubſtantiuesubstantive, it muſt bee ſeene, felt, and vnderſtood.
    With rule
    Loue is a ſubſtantiuesubstantive, it muſt bee ſeene, felt, and vnderſtood.

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſaith, In heauenlies. Now when an adiectiue is ſo ſet alone, moſt vſually the ſubſtantiuesubstantive vnderſtood, is thing or things.
    With rule
    … ſaith, In heauenlies. Now when an adiectiue is ſo ſet alone, moſt vſually the ſubſtantiuesubstantive vnderſtood, is thing or things.

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … caſe, that is, vir the latter ſubſtantiuesubstantive is the nominatiue with pater the former ſubſtantiuesubstantive. And ſo likewiſe in the latter part of this ſame ſentence, there are other …
    With rule
    … caſe, that is, vir the latter ſubſtantiuesubstantive is the nominatiue with pater the former ſubſtantiuesubstantive. And ſo likewiſe in the latter part of this ſame ſentence, there are other …

    John Stockwood · Rules of Construction in English Grammar · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the feminine, chol of the masculine, therefore they must not be ioyned together as substantiuesubstantive and adjectiue. 3. It is vsuall in Scripture, to take derech in that sense, for …
    With rule
    … the feminine, chol of the masculine, therefore they must not be ioyned together as substantiuesubstantive and adjectiue. 3. It is vsuall in Scripture, to take derech in that sense, for …

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 234 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    A substantiuesubstantive repeated in diuerse cases, if it be in the singular number, it argueth certainety …
    With rule
    A substantiuesubstantive repeated in diuerse cases, if it be in the singular number, it argueth certainety …

    Thomas Wilson · Theological Rules to Guide Us in the Understanding and Practice of Scripture · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … or Chriſt: And it is neuer vſed for an adiectiue, being ſet before the ſubſtantiuesubstantive: as here Meſsias Nagid Meſsias the King. And hence Saint Iohn tooke the name …
    With rule
    … or Chriſt: And it is neuer vſed for an adiectiue, being ſet before the ſubſtantiuesubstantive: as here Meſsias Nagid Meſsias the King. And hence Saint Iohn tooke the name …

    Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

  • Printed
    … agreeing in case with the Antecedent, the Participle maye be resolued by the verbe SubstantiueSubstantive that is not expressed: and I wilfully abuse what so euer knowledge I haue …
    With rule
    … agreeing in case with the Antecedent, the Participle maye be resolued by the verbe SubstantiueSubstantive that is not expressed: and I wilfully abuse what so euer knowledge I haue …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

  • Printed
    … Pronowne pointeth to the visible formes, nowe you say it pertaineth rather to the SubstantiueSubstantive (bodie) where it endeth, then to the formes, you are not onely contrarie to …
    With rule
    … Pronowne pointeth to the visible formes, nowe you say it pertaineth rather to the SubstantiueSubstantive (bodie) where it endeth, then to the formes, you are not onely contrarie to …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 563 · Open in the reader

The Art of Prophesying A09449

  • Printed
    There is a Pleonasme of the SubstantiueSubstantive when one is gouerned of another. 1. In the singular number it is very significant …
    With rule
    There is a Pleonasme of the SubstantiueSubstantive when one is gouerned of another. 1. In the singular number it is very significant …

    William Perkins · The Art of Prophesying · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The Pleonasme of the Adiectiue, and sometimes also of the SubstantiueSubstantive repeated, signifieth exaggeration or increasing. Ierem. 24. 3. I see good figges, good. Esay 6. 3. Holy, holy …
    With rule
    The Pleonasme of the Adiectiue, and sometimes also of the SubstantiueSubstantive repeated, signifieth exaggeration or increasing. Ierem. 24. 3. I see good figges, good. Esay 6. 3. Holy, holy …

    William Perkins · The Art of Prophesying · p. 67 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

  • Printed
    … for exalting the Pope aboue Princes: But heere they turne the Adiectiue in a SubstantiueSubstantive, when they lay a…side Spiritualitie for Temporalitie: And Alvarez Pelagius said, that as …
    With rule
    … for exalting the Pope aboue Princes: But heere they turne the Adiectiue in a SubstantiueSubstantive, when they lay a…side Spiritualitie for Temporalitie: And Alvarez Pelagius said, that as …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 27 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … if we graūt to them: euen in the wordes of Paule is redde the SubstantiueSubstantive verbe, where he calleth bread the communicatyng of the body of Christe. But the …
    With rule
    … if we graūt to them: euen in the wordes of Paule is redde the SubstantiueSubstantive verbe, where he calleth bread the communicatyng of the body of Christe. But the …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader