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vnprofitablyunprofitably

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

Puritas changed it
173 times in 111 works
Consistency
99.4% (173 of 174)
Reach if approved
~183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unprofitably
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
174 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (173 changes in 111 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … author of that booke commēded for that fact. He saith it is receiued not vnprofitablyunprofitably, & immediatly after. Especially for those Machabees that suffred paciently horrible persecution for testimony of …
    With rule
    … author of that booke commēded for that fact. He saith it is receiued not vnprofitablyunprofitably, & immediatly after. Especially for those Machabees that suffred paciently horrible persecution for testimony of …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his church. This maketh this ſacrament to be vſed ſo ignorantly, ſo ſuperſtitiouſly, ſo vnprofitablyunprofitably. It ſhall not be amiſſe therefore for thoſe that be to ſeeke herein, to …
    With rule
    … his church. This maketh this ſacrament to be vſed ſo ignorantly, ſo ſuperſtitiouſly, ſo vnprofitablyunprofitably. It ſhall not be amiſſe therefore for thoſe that be to ſeeke herein, to …

    Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    9. Againſt idleneſſe and ſloth, whereby time is ſpent vnprofitablyunprofitably, or not to ſo much, benefit of the Common-wealth as it might be …
    With rule
    9. Againſt idleneſſe and ſloth, whereby time is ſpent vnprofitablyunprofitably, or not to ſo much, benefit of the Common-wealth as it might be …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 468 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … courſe; for as the husbandman doth lop the vine, leſt all the force ſhould vnprofitablyunprofitably be ſpent in leaues, and the roote be thereby weakened, the fruite be, neither …
    With rule
    … courſe; for as the husbandman doth lop the vine, leſt all the force ſhould vnprofitablyunprofitably be ſpent in leaues, and the roote be thereby weakened, the fruite be, neither …

    Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 261 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … principles of religion, and this is the reaſon why ſo many heare the word vnprofitablyunprofitably, and are ſo full of blindneſſe and ignorance, they were neuer truly grounded in …
    With rule
    … principles of religion, and this is the reaſon why ſo many heare the word vnprofitablyunprofitably, and are ſo full of blindneſſe and ignorance, they were neuer truly grounded in …

    Samuel Smith · The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … more diſcourſes: for wee haue alreadie bookes enough, which make vs waſt our times vnprofitablyunprofitably: but I truſt in God, ſeeing that I am not guiltie vnto my ſelfe …
    With rule
    … more diſcourſes: for wee haue alreadie bookes enough, which make vs waſt our times vnprofitablyunprofitably: but I truſt in God, ſeeing that I am not guiltie vnto my ſelfe …

    John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … becauſe forſooth I deliuered that which they haue heretofore raſhly and vnſoundly taught, or vnprofitablyunprofitably learned; and becauſe I will not conceale a truth which might convince them of …
    With rule
    … becauſe forſooth I deliuered that which they haue heretofore raſhly and vnſoundly taught, or vnprofitablyunprofitably learned; and becauſe I will not conceale a truth which might convince them of …

    Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in diuers places to ſaye after the miniſter / wherby not only the time is vnprofitablyunprofitably waſted / & a confuſed voyce of the people one ſpeaking after an other cauſed / but …
    With rule
    … in diuers places to ſaye after the miniſter / wherby not only the time is vnprofitablyunprofitably waſted / & a confuſed voyce of the people one ſpeaking after an other cauſed / but …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift · p. 138 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels A16549

  • Printed
    Vniuersa inutilitèr habet, qui vnum illud, quô vniuersis vtatur non h…bet: VnprofitablyUnprofitably (quoth Augustine) hath he all, who wants that one whereby he should vse all …
    With rule
    Vniuersa inutilitèr habet, qui vnum illud, quô vniuersis vtatur non h…bet: VnprofitablyUnprofitably (quoth Augustine) hath he all, who wants that one whereby he should vse all …

    John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 282 · Open in the reader