Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #21626 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

usefulnesseusefulness

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

Puritas changed it: 438 times in 231 works
Consistency: 99.5% (438 of 440)
Reach if approved: ~462 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: usefulness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 440 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (438 changes in 231 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 438)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
THe Preface, ſhewing the uſefulneſſeusefulness of Meditation, together with the danger in neglecting it.
With rule
THe Preface, ſhewing the uſefulneſſeusefulness of Meditation, together with the danger in neglecting it.
William Fenner · Twenty-Nine Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… affection, not be inordinately carried with love therupon in worldly things; there is a usefulnesseusefulness to be looked at, but to seeke to finde baites in them, and to …
With rule
… affection, not be inordinately carried with love therupon in worldly things; there is a usefulnesseusefulness to be looked at, but to seeke to finde baites in them, and to …
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Guard of their people, but Tyrants against them. So hee. Whereby we see the usefulnesseusefulness of good Lawes, as combining King and peoples, as the head and members. Secondly …
With rule
… Guard of their people, but Tyrants against them. So hee. Whereby we see the usefulnesseusefulness of good Lawes, as combining King and peoples, as the head and members. Secondly …
Henry Burton · For God and the King · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the neceſſity of a ſettled Miniſtry, &c. do by conſequence receive both ſtrength and uſefulneſſeusefulness. As concerning the remains of a former controverſie about Paedobaptiſme, which are preſented to …
With rule
… the neceſſity of a ſettled Miniſtry, &c. do by conſequence receive both ſtrength and uſefulneſſeusefulness. As concerning the remains of a former controverſie about Paedobaptiſme, which are preſented to …
Thomas Blake · The Covenant of God Entered with Mankind · Open in the reader
Printed
I Have at large diſcuſſed the Doctrine and UſefulneſſeUsefulness of Signs, I ſhall now propound in ſo many diſtinct Sermons, ſeveral choice and …
With rule
I Have at large diſcuſſed the Doctrine and UſefulneſſeUsefulness of Signs, I ſhall now propound in ſo many diſtinct Sermons, ſeveral choice and …
Anthony Burgess · Spiritual Refining · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſame ground argue, that ſince oft perſons like good ſeed, and good fiſh for uſefulneſſeusefulness and fruitfulneſſe, &c. is Gods kingdome, Matth. 13. 24. 38. 47. 49. and ſince of perſons like Eagles for …
With rule
… ſame ground argue, that ſince oft perſons like good ſeed, and good fiſh for uſefulneſſeusefulness and fruitfulneſſe, &c. is Gods kingdome, Matth. 13. 24. 38. 47. 49. and ſince of perſons like Eagles for …
Thomas Cobbet · The Estate of Children of Church Members and their Right to Baptism · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this life. Devotion, is his soule; but he hath a body of discretion, and usefulnesseusefulness to invest in some calling. We noted too, that in being earth, we are …
With rule
… this life. Devotion, is his soule; but he hath a body of discretion, and usefulnesseusefulness to invest in some calling. We noted too, that in being earth, we are …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… C. ſee it upon occaſion, or others alſo, that they may judge what the uſefulneſſeusefulness of this kind of Study may be, and why that I have affected and …
With rule
… C. ſee it upon occaſion, or others alſo, that they may judge what the uſefulneſſeusefulness of this kind of Study may be, and why that I have affected and …
John Dury · A Motion Tending to the Public Good of this Age and Posterity · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Usefulness and Excellency of Christ A46739

Printed
THE USEFULNESSEUSEFULNESS and excellency OF CHRIST, SHEWING The art of taking CHRIST as the only Soveraigne …
With rule
THE USEFULNESSEUSEFULNESS and excellency OF CHRIST, SHEWING The art of taking CHRIST as the only Soveraigne …
Christopher Jelinger · The Usefulness and Excellency of Christ · Open in the reader