Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19591 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

comparatiuecomparative

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

Puritas changed it: 93 times in 57 works
Consistency: 89.4% (93 of 104)
Reach if approved: ~109 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: comparative
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 104 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (93 changes in 57 works, 89.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 93)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a taste? Is that ioy and that glory but a comparatiuecomparative glory and a comparatiuecomparative ioy? not such in it selfe, but such in comparison of the ioilesnesse and …
With rule
… a taste? Is that ioy and that glory but a comparatiuecomparative glory and a comparatiuecomparative ioy? not such in it selfe, but such in comparison of the ioilesnesse and …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is (in a word) to obey the will of the Lord, according to that comparatiuecomparative ſpeech, where we ſee, that to pleaſe the Lord, is to obey the will …
With rule
… is (in a word) to obey the will of the Lord, according to that comparatiuecomparative ſpeech, where we ſee, that to pleaſe the Lord, is to obey the will …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not in the comparatiuecomparative degree, as was the other. But hath it not a comparatiuecomparative ſenſe? Yes as great, or greater: Such as our Engliſh, more excellent, or more …
With rule
… not in the comparatiuecomparative degree, as was the other. But hath it not a comparatiuecomparative ſenſe? Yes as great, or greater: Such as our Engliſh, more excellent, or more …
James Ussher · The Sovereigns Power and the Subjects Duty · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… taught perfection of degrees in this life, but onely perfection through Chriſt, and a comparatiuecomparative perfection, ſome exceeding others; but altogether againſt it. Saint. Angustine ſaith, Charity, that cannot …
With rule
… taught perfection of degrees in this life, but onely perfection through Chriſt, and a comparatiuecomparative perfection, ſome exceeding others; but altogether againſt it. Saint. Angustine ſaith, Charity, that cannot …
John Mayer · Antidote Against Popery · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Were all thinges amiſſe, is this the way to reforme, by lying, libelling and comparatiuecomparative reproches?
With rule
… Were all thinges amiſſe, is this the way to reforme, by lying, libelling and comparatiuecomparative reproches?
John Prime · The Consolations of David Applied to Queen Elizabeth · Open in the reader
Printed
… now, intimateth a perfect more. I anſwer to the ſecond obiection firſt, y^• y^e comparatiuecomparative doth not always argue a poſitue, neither doth one thing more perfect then another …
With rule
… now, intimateth a perfect more. I anſwer to the ſecond obiection firſt, y^• y^e comparatiuecomparative doth not always argue a poſitue, neither doth one thing more perfect then another …
Thomas Stoughton · The Christians Sacrifice Better than all the Legal Sacrifices of Jews · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christ was that lowest part of the earth: for the Apostle saith in the comparatiuecomparative, foreign ▪ not foreign, the lower, not the lowest: and so your vulgare Latine translateth, inferiora, not …
With rule
… Christ was that lowest part of the earth: for the Apostle saith in the comparatiuecomparative, foreign ▪ not foreign, the lower, not the lowest: and so your vulgare Latine translateth, inferiora, not …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 608 · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe the least peece of his greatnes in the positiue degree, comes to the comparatiuecomparative, shewing what he is in comparison of other: A great King aboue all gods.
With rule
… downe the least peece of his greatnes in the positiue degree, comes to the comparatiuecomparative, shewing what he is in comparison of other: A great King aboue all gods.
John Boys · Exposition of the Principal Scriptures Used in our English Liturgy · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Gales of Grace A04641

Printed
… like ſaucy and proude boaſters, they will not ſticke to aduance themſelues into the ComparatiueComparative degree with the beſt Chriſtians, making themſelues equall with them; nay, place themſelues in …
With rule
… like ſaucy and proude boaſters, they will not ſticke to aduance themſelues into the ComparatiueComparative degree with the beſt Chriſtians, making themſelues equall with them; nay, place themſelues in …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 155 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

Printed
First, A ComparatiueComparative holinesse: Because he is holie in respect of people: But this is both a …
With rule
First, A ComparatiueComparative holinesse: Because he is holie in respect of people: But this is both a …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Consolations for the Afflicted A20759

Printed
ComparatiueComparative, raised by cōparing our lesser afflictions with the greater of
With rule
ComparatiueComparative, raised by cōparing our lesser afflictions with the greater of
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
ComparatiueComparative decree alwaies requireth the poſitiue degree. 39. b
With rule
ComparatiueComparative decree alwaies requireth the poſitiue degree. 39. b
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader