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negatiuesnegatives

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

Puritas changed it
95 times in 37 works
Consistency
76.6% (95 of 124)
Reach if approved
~130 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: negatives
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
124 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 37 works, 76.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he were not vnmoueable, all mouing should vtterly ceasse. Now out of these two negatiuesnegatives we drawe a third, namely yt he hath neither beginning nor end, which thing …
    With rule
    … he were not vnmoueable, all mouing should vtterly ceasse. Now out of these two negatiuesnegatives we drawe a third, namely yt he hath neither beginning nor end, which thing …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … you ſay they cannot be proued if the matter be true, becauſe they are negatiuesnegatives? What is this but to raiſe the foundation of Logick and Reaſon? Logick is …
    With rule
    … you ſay they cannot be proued if the matter be true, becauſe they are negatiuesnegatives? What is this but to raiſe the foundation of Logick and Reaſon? Logick is …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … diuersitie of matter, whereas these are the words of the Replyer; here these two negatiuesnegatives (lo, lo,) are vsed, & yet there is no great difference in these two clauses …
    With rule
    … diuersitie of matter, whereas these are the words of the Replyer; here these two negatiuesnegatives (lo, lo,) are vsed, & yet there is no great difference in these two clauses …

    Andrew Willet · A Scourge for a Railer · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … then teach, forbid then command, deterre then define what he would haue done. More negatiuesnegatives in oppoſition to what men would doe, then affirmatiues in direction to what men …
    With rule
    … then teach, forbid then command, deterre then define what he would haue done. More negatiuesnegatives in oppoſition to what men would doe, then affirmatiues in direction to what men …

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … place of the fall actions / eyther an argument ab authoritate negatiue is / or of negatiuesnegatives by compariſon. Ariſtotle ſetting forth places / whereunto all fallacions may be called / maketh no …
    With rule
    … place of the fall actions / eyther an argument ab authoritate negatiue is / or of negatiuesnegatives by compariſon. Ariſtotle ſetting forth places / whereunto all fallacions may be called / maketh no …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    In all these negatiuesnegatives, oure sauiour Christe spake not precisely & vtterly to deny al ye forsayd things, but …
    With rule
    In all these negatiuesnegatives, oure sauiour Christe spake not precisely & vtterly to deny al ye forsayd things, but …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … whether light & darknes can agree, whether Christ & Belial can haue any felowship? Be these negatiuesnegatives absolutly or cō ditionally? Is it now otherwise to be taken but light and …
    With rule
    … whether light & darknes can agree, whether Christ & Belial can haue any felowship? Be these negatiuesnegatives absolutly or cō ditionally? Is it now otherwise to be taken but light and …

    William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 391 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … him more impudencie then learning, hee woulde not reason from authoritie negatiuely, although his negatiuesnegatives are not all true. For some of the olde writers deny in expresse wordes …
    With rule
    … him more impudencie then learning, hee woulde not reason from authoritie negatiuely, although his negatiuesnegatives are not all true. For some of the olde writers deny in expresse wordes …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 387 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … man may bee sayd to bee most skilfull in that behalfe, which knoweth most NegatiuesNegatives or Remotions (as they terme them.) To make this poynt yet clearer, nature hath …
    With rule
    … man may bee sayd to bee most skilfull in that behalfe, which knoweth most NegatiuesNegatives or Remotions (as they terme them.) To make this poynt yet clearer, nature hath …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … vs from deceyuing our selues by our owne vayne conceytes. And of all these NegatiuesNegatives we conceyue but one affirmatiue, as we did at the first; namely, that God …
    With rule
    … vs from deceyuing our selues by our owne vayne conceytes. And of all these NegatiuesNegatives we conceyue but one affirmatiue, as we did at the first; namely, that God …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … man the Italian shall not ouercome. For Manfred considered not that in Latin two NegatiuesNegatives may counteruayle an Affirmatiue. Many such other like trickes there are, which we may …
    With rule
    … man the Italian shall not ouercome. For Manfred considered not that in Latin two NegatiuesNegatives may counteruayle an Affirmatiue. Many such other like trickes there are, which we may …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 397 · Open in the reader

A Model of Divinity A15824

  • Printed
    … is wanting, they are not to bee found. I ſtay the longer vpon theſe NegatiuesNegatives, becauſe we re not looſely & lightly to ſlide over the things of God, as …
    With rule
    … is wanting, they are not to bee found. I ſtay the longer vpon theſe NegatiuesNegatives, becauſe we re not looſely & lightly to ſlide over the things of God, as …

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 37 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A. The not doing of that good which ſhould be done. Mat. 25.43.44. 2 Theſſ. 1.8. NegatiuesNegatives in goodneſſe are poſitiues in evill; at the laſt day ſhall men be judged …
    With rule
    A. The not doing of that good which ſhould be done. Mat. 25.43.44. 2 Theſſ. 1.8. NegatiuesNegatives in goodneſſe are poſitiues in evill; at the laſt day ſhall men be judged …

    John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 200 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

  • Printed
    … abſurditie: for it nothing helpeth yow that he vſed this manner off ſpeeche off NegatiuesNegatives by compariſon, vnleſſe that yow ſhew that he makethe them a ſeuerall kinde from …
    With rule
    … abſurditie: for it nothing helpeth yow that he vſed this manner off ſpeeche off NegatiuesNegatives by compariſon, vnleſſe that yow ſhew that he makethe them a ſeuerall kinde from …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. XXV · Open in the reader

The Elements of Logic A69248

  • Printed
    … Enuntiations. For they are either Vniverſall Affirmatiues. As, All men are white. Or Vniverſall NegatiuesNegatives, as, No man is white. Or Particular Affirmatiues, as, Some man is white. Or …
    With rule
    … Enuntiations. For they are either Vniverſall Affirmatiues. As, All men are white. Or Vniverſall NegatiuesNegatives, as, No man is white. Or Particular Affirmatiues, as, Some man is white. Or …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Elements of Logic · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … No man is white. Or Particular Affirmatiues, as, Some man is white. Or Particular NegatiuesNegatives, as, Some man is not white.
    With rule
    … No man is white. Or Particular Affirmatiues, as, Some man is white. Or Particular NegatiuesNegatives, as, Some man is not white.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Elements of Logic · p. 111 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 13-16 B15167

  • Printed
    Or he takes the NegatiuesNegatives only, becauſe they are moſt contrary to Charitie: and alſo that Commandement is comprehended …
    With rule
    Or he takes the NegatiuesNegatives only, becauſe they are moſt contrary to Charitie: and alſo that Commandement is comprehended …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 44 · Open in the reader