Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31417 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

manuallmanual

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 188 times in 126 works
Consistency: 98.9% (188 of 190)
Reach if approved: ~200 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: manual
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 190 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (188 changes in 126 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 188)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… natures are agreeable, there is a difficultie in them if they be excellent as manuallmanual arts they are hard. A man must serve apprentiship of seaven yeares, and labour …
With rule
… natures are agreeable, there is a difficultie in them if they be excellent as manuallmanual arts they are hard. A man must serve apprentiship of seaven yeares, and labour …
John Preston · Grace to the Humble · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
Another kind of representation of the manuallmanual Pensill, hath also beene vsefull for the liuely expression of persons, actions and stories …
With rule
Another kind of representation of the manuallmanual Pensill, hath also beene vsefull for the liuely expression of persons, actions and stories …
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
… defaced the glorie of the Monasticke life: namelie, an inclination to idlenesse, abstinence from manuallmanual labours, & heaping vp of riches, which they gathered of the sweate of other mens …
With rule
… defaced the glorie of the Monasticke life: namelie, an inclination to idlenesse, abstinence from manuallmanual labours, & heaping vp of riches, which they gathered of the sweate of other mens …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or of the Braine, is the destiny of all trades, be they mentall or manuallmanual; for God never allowed any man to doe nothing. Are not most populous places …
With rule
… or of the Braine, is the destiny of all trades, be they mentall or manuallmanual; for God never allowed any man to doe nothing. Are not most populous places …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… way for their returne? My humble ſuit therefore is vnto all, that this little ManuallManual ſhall come vnto, that for the Lord Ieſus ſake who commands this ſeruice, they …
With rule
… way for their returne? My humble ſuit therefore is vnto all, that this little ManuallManual ſhall come vnto, that for the Lord Ieſus ſake who commands this ſeruice, they …
Cornelius Burges · A Chain of Graces Drawn Out for Reformation of Manners · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the beſt and moſt profitable vocations, as ſeeming to promiſe the greateſt commodities; and manuallmanual trades are out of requeſt, for that they require paines, without likelihood of any …
With rule
… the beſt and moſt profitable vocations, as ſeeming to promiſe the greateſt commodities; and manuallmanual trades are out of requeſt, for that they require paines, without likelihood of any …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pretence of knowing nothing but Christ, condemne all humane learning, arts, and sciences, all manuallmanual professions: and these men, though as yet they are not plunged in heresie, yet …
With rule
… pretence of knowing nothing but Christ, condemne all humane learning, arts, and sciences, all manuallmanual professions: and these men, though as yet they are not plunged in heresie, yet …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 365 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you all, and haue presumed to reduce the summe of all into this little ManuallManual, as the Protestants portuize to carry in his hand, in his bosome, and to …
With rule
… you all, and haue presumed to reduce the summe of all into this little ManuallManual, as the Protestants portuize to carry in his hand, in his bosome, and to …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · 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 Popish Royal Favorite A56192

Printed
… you shall deliver to the Lords of Our Privie Councell, Given under OUR SIGNE MANUALLMANUAL at Denmark house the eleventh day of April, in the sixth yeare of our …
With rule
… you shall deliver to the Lords of Our Privie Councell, Given under OUR SIGNE MANUALLMANUAL at Denmark house the eleventh day of April, in the sixth yeare of our …
William Prynne · The Popish Royal Favorite · p. 18 · Open in the reader