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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31521 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

summssums

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
190 times in 110 works
Consistency
79.8% (190 of 238)
Reach if approved
~250 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sums
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
238 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (190 changes in 110 works, 79.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … preſent Mulcts have not been ſufficient to reſtrain Men; as alſo, for that great ſummssums are ſtill in arrear to Juſtice; becauſe thoſe kind of Penalties have been but …
    With rule
    … preſent Mulcts have not been ſufficient to reſtrain Men; as alſo, for that great ſummssums are ſtill in arrear to Juſtice; becauſe thoſe kind of Penalties have been but …

    Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of these Times was about Money: The Parliament said, that never had the like summssums been laid on the subjects of this Land; and that the old way of …
    With rule
    … of these Times was about Money: The Parliament said, that never had the like summssums been laid on the subjects of this Land; and that the old way of …

    Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … are above 50 pound weight. Of these two kinds of Fishes they yearly make vast summssums. Salmons are taken at all times of the year in Holland, and Zealand. These …
    With rule
    … are above 50 pound weight. Of these two kinds of Fishes they yearly make vast summssums. Salmons are taken at all times of the year in Holland, and Zealand. These …

    Samuel Clarke · A Description of the Seventeen Provinces Commonly Called the Low Countries · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Warrants from the Pope, came daily to fleece the people, and to raiſe ſuch ſummssums of money as they would demand upon the Clergy. If any denyed what they …
    With rule
    … Warrants from the Pope, came daily to fleece the people, and to raiſe ſuch ſummssums of money as they would demand upon the Clergy. If any denyed what they …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Novelty of Popery Opposed to the Antiquity of True Christianity · p. 643 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    It is incredible, what large ſummssums were advanced in a ſhort time toward ſo laudable a work.
    With rule
    It is incredible, what large ſummssums were advanced in a ſhort time toward ſo laudable a work.

    William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 301 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … meaning of Chriſt, than to his words; they both imply that he gave different ſummssums of money, or portions of goods: Now when they come to give an account …
    With rule
    … meaning of Chriſt, than to his words; they both imply that he gave different ſummssums of money, or portions of goods: Now when they come to give an account …

    Henry Lukin · The Good and Faithful Servant · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Herein by this general assertion, the Apostle summssums up, and closeth his blessed discourse concerning the greatest sin that men can make …
    With rule
    Herein by this general assertion, the Apostle summssums up, and closeth his blessed discourse concerning the greatest sin that men can make …

    John Owen · Exposition of Hebrews 6-10 · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the arms, ammunition, and proviſions therein to the French, the kings enemies▪ for ſundry ſummssums of gold received by them of the French, without authority from the king or …
    With rule
    … the arms, ammunition, and proviſions therein to the French, the kings enemies▪ for ſundry ſummssums of gold received by them of the French, without authority from the king or …

    William Prynne · Plea for the Lords and House of Peers · p. 338 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (48)

28 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 14 are listed here. 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

  • Printed
    He gave large SummsSums of Money every Year for divers Years together, to Pious and Charitable uses, as …
    With rule
    He gave large SummsSums of Money every Year for divers Years together, to Pious and Charitable uses, as …

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as his Wife can testifie, who kept an account in Writing of the several SummsSums so disbursed by him. Towards the relief of the Poor persecuted Protestants in Piemont …
    With rule
    … as his Wife can testifie, who kept an account in Writing of the several SummsSums so disbursed by him. Towards the relief of the Poor persecuted Protestants in Piemont …

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … as much the same Year to another Charitable use. He gave also several considerable SummsSums yearly for the maintenance and encouragement of some poor Schollars in the Colledge by …
    With rule
    … as much the same Year to another Charitable use. He gave also several considerable SummsSums yearly for the maintenance and encouragement of some poor Schollars in the Colledge by …

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 103 · Open in the reader

The Orphans Legacy A42922

  • Printed
    … were not any due Fees: And whether his Executor ſhall be charged with theſe SummsSums ſo received, was the Queſtion. And after Argument it was adjudged, that he ſhould …
    With rule
    … were not any due Fees: And whether his Executor ſhall be charged with theſe SummsSums ſo received, was the Queſtion. And after Argument it was adjudged, that he ſhould …

    John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 113 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    … and all the Free-will Offerings of the People, Exod. 35.5, &c. All theſe vaſt SummsSums ſhall be laid out only for Repairing the Temple, wherein the Lord had ſo …
    With rule
    … and all the Free-will Offerings of the People, Exod. 35.5, &c. All theſe vaſt SummsSums ſhall be laid out only for Repairing the Temple, wherein the Lord had ſo …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 563 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to be in the whole forty two thouſand three hundred and ſixty, whereas the SummsSums recited in all the foregoing Verſes, amount only to twenty nine thouſand eight hundred …
    With rule
    … to be in the whole forty two thouſand three hundred and ſixty, whereas the SummsSums recited in all the foregoing Verſes, amount only to twenty nine thouſand eight hundred …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 652 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

  • Printed
    … at Court to compel the Sieur Palot to accompt with them for thoſe great SummsSums he is indebted unto the Churches, and theſe according to their Commiſſion, having devolv'd …
    With rule
    … at Court to compel the Sieur Palot to accompt with them for thoſe great SummsSums he is indebted unto the Churches, and theſe according to their Commiſſion, having devolv'd …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Provinces, that ſo every particular Province may proſecute the ſaid Palot for their reſpective SummsSums in ſuch a way and manner as beſt pleaſeth them. In purſuance of this …
    With rule
    … Provinces, that ſo every particular Province may proſecute the ſaid Palot for their reſpective SummsSums in ſuch a way and manner as beſt pleaſeth them. In purſuance of this …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Livres laid out in Printing the Book of a young Scholar. All which particular SummsSums put together, amounted in the whole to Six Hundred and Twenty Livres, and were …
    With rule
    … Livres laid out in Printing the Book of a young Scholar. All which particular SummsSums put together, amounted in the whole to Six Hundred and Twenty Livres, and were …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of His Royal Goodneſs and Liberality he would be pleaſed to add ſome other SummsSums to us inſtead of thoſe which have been taken from us in the laſt …
    With rule
    … of His Royal Goodneſs and Liberality he would be pleaſed to add ſome other SummsSums to us inſtead of thoſe which have been taken from us in the laſt …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … nor ſhall they receive any without good and valid ſecurities for reſtitution of the SummsSums received in caſe of Apoſtacy, and diverſion or promotion to another Calling, beſides that …
    With rule
    … nor ſhall they receive any without good and valid ſecurities for reſtitution of the SummsSums received in caſe of Apoſtacy, and diverſion or promotion to another Calling, beſides that …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 116 · Open in the reader

A Short Memorial of the Sufferings of Presbyterians in Scotland A59965

  • Printed
    … converse with Intercommuned Sufferers, being Fore faulted, Fined, and incarcerate, till they should pay SummsSums, which neither they were obliged nor able to pay. And not only were the …
    With rule
    … converse with Intercommuned Sufferers, being Fore faulted, Fined, and incarcerate, till they should pay SummsSums, which neither they were obliged nor able to pay. And not only were the …

    Alexander Shields · A Short Memorial of the Sufferings of Presbyterians in Scotland · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland A61639

  • Printed
    And although theſe SummsSums (being Scots-money) may ſeem ſmall to ſtrangers, yet conſidering that they are not …
    With rule
    And although theſe SummsSums (being Scots-money) may ſeem ſmall to ſtrangers, yet conſidering that they are not …

    James Stewart · The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland · p. 288 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to near as much as the Principal, Conſidering (I ſay) all theſe things, the SummsSums are very conſiderable, and much greater then could have been expected in ſo little …
    With rule
    … to near as much as the Principal, Conſidering (I ſay) all theſe things, the SummsSums are very conſiderable, and much greater then could have been expected in ſo little …

    James Stewart · The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland · p. 288 · Open in the reader