Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2607 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

twainetwain

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

Puritas changed it: 533 times in 240 works
Consistency: 100% (533 of 533)
Reach if approved: ~561 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: twain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 534 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (533 changes in 240 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 533)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… forked Stalions to marie: and if any of them keepe a breedyng whore or twainetwain, that bryngeth foorth children, the Biſſhoppes then (forſooth) becauſe they maie not ſéeme altogether …
With rule
… forked Stalions to marie: and if any of them keepe a breedyng whore or twainetwain, that bryngeth foorth children, the Biſſhoppes then (forſooth) becauſe they maie not ſéeme altogether …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the further helpe of the reader I will leade him a worde or twainetwain from theſe ſtorie writers to the Counſels. If happely wee may finde ſome of …
With rule
… for the further helpe of the reader I will leade him a worde or twainetwain from theſe ſtorie writers to the Counſels. If happely wee may finde ſome of …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will, and affections to that which is against the lawe. In this sense these twainetwain are taken in this place.
With rule
… will, and affections to that which is against the lawe. In this sense these twainetwain are taken in this place.
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 762 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church or common wealth whereof he is a member. And the first of these twainetwain must be performed in the second: and the second in and with the first …
With rule
… Church or common wealth whereof he is a member. And the first of these twainetwain must be performed in the second: and the second in and with the first …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brought them vp: be ſatiſfied with that which is the leſſe euill of the twainetwain; eyther that there may neuer any be borne, or being borne, may for lacke …
With rule
… brought them vp: be ſatiſfied with that which is the leſſe euill of the twainetwain; eyther that there may neuer any be borne, or being borne, may for lacke …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that of two Maidens motioned to him for mariage such a one of the twainetwain which they like not of, yet they ought to giue their consent with (it …
With rule
… that of two Maidens motioned to him for mariage such a one of the twainetwain which they like not of, yet they ought to giue their consent with (it …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnruly. For he that cannot tame one tongue, how would he be troubled with twainetwain! But so hath the Ordinator prouided, that things of the fiercest and firyest nature …
With rule
… vnruly. For he that cannot tame one tongue, how would he be troubled with twainetwain! But so hath the Ordinator prouided, that things of the fiercest and firyest nature …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conioyned together; yet with ſome cautions, a man may deſire the diuorce of theſe twainetwain:
With rule
… conioyned together; yet with ſome cautions, a man may deſire the diuorce of theſe twainetwain:
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 117 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.