Rules
All candidates
Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2371 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gongone

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

Puritas changed it
946 times in 471 works
Consistency
97.8% (946 of 967)
Reach if approved
~1,016 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: gone
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
967 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (946 changes in 471 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 946)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Oſe to be moſt true, The ſpirit of fornicacion hath deceiued you & you haue gongone a whoring frō your God. Therfore ſhal your doughters bee harlots, and your wiſes …
    With rule
    … Oſe to be moſt true, The ſpirit of fornicacion hath deceiued you & you haue gongone a whoring frō your God. Therfore ſhal your doughters bee harlots, and your wiſes …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … am perſwaded) when I was capable of mercy, but that time (I feare) is gongone and paſt, Gods mercy is out of date with me, and therefore I am …
    With rule
    … am perſwaded) when I was capable of mercy, but that time (I feare) is gongone and paſt, Gods mercy is out of date with me, and therefore I am …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 482 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … do you ſo much for them) why both parts ioyntly ſhould not rather have gongone thither by like neceſſity to execute that togither, which both ioyntly had got and …
    With rule
    … do you ſo much for them) why both parts ioyntly ſhould not rather have gongone thither by like neceſſity to execute that togither, which both ioyntly had got and …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 206 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … holie Ghoste did not come vntill the bodily presence of Christ was departed and gongone: and howe then can they receiue abundant comfort of Christes spirite, whiche bée infected …
    With rule
    … holie Ghoste did not come vntill the bodily presence of Christ was departed and gongone: and howe then can they receiue abundant comfort of Christes spirite, whiche bée infected …

    Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ryche, which is founde wyth out blemishe, say eth the wyse man, & hath not gongone after golde, nor put hys truste in monye and treasures. Where is there such …
    With rule
    … ryche, which is founde wyth out blemishe, say eth the wyse man, & hath not gongone after golde, nor put hys truste in monye and treasures. Where is there such …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … goes out of his dores to the alehouſe, to remember that ſome haue ſo gongone, who neuer haue returned home againe. The old poyſonous viper, is at length taken …
    With rule
    … goes out of his dores to the alehouſe, to remember that ſome haue ſo gongone, who neuer haue returned home againe. The old poyſonous viper, is at length taken …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Foure mightie Kinges that were already gongone
    With rule
    Foure mightie Kinges that were already gongone

    Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of man bee set on fire. The sound of the old is but newly gongone out of our eares, but there is a new which presently soundeth as ill …
    With rule
    … of man bee set on fire. The sound of the old is but newly gongone out of our eares, but there is a new which presently soundeth as ill …

    Francis Rous · The Art of Happiness · p. 415 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Two Sermons Upon Jude A03598

  • Printed
    … lesus sake, vnto whom with the holy Ghost, three persons, one Eternall and everlasting GonGone, be Honour, and Glory, and Praise forever. Amen.
    With rule
    … lesus sake, vnto whom with the holy Ghost, three persons, one Eternall and everlasting GonGone, be Honour, and Glory, and Praise forever. Amen.

    Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 55 · Open in the reader

The Reformation of Covetousness A09450

  • Printed
    GonGone, gongone indeed. And yet his deeds remain
    With rule
    GonGone, gongone indeed. And yet his deeds remain

    William Perkins · The Reformation of Covetousness · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … though both a Physician in Nature, and a Judge in Law, give men for GonGone, The one passing the Censure, the other Sentence of Death upon them, GOD, to …
    With rule
    … though both a Physician in Nature, and a Judge in Law, give men for GonGone, The one passing the Censure, the other Sentence of Death upon them, GOD, to …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 12 · Open in the reader

The Burning of London A57597

  • Printed
    … when once thou art angry? God was friends with Moſes when he told him, GonGone. 33.20. Thou canſt not ſee my face, for no man can ſee me, and live …
    With rule
    … when once thou art angry? God was friends with Moſes when he told him, GonGone. 33.20. Thou canſt not ſee my face, for no man can ſee me, and live …

    Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 14 · Open in the reader