Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3176 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

availeavail

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

Puritas changed it: 644 times in 374 works
Consistency: 99.5% (644 of 647)
Reach if approved: ~680 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: avail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 647 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (644 changes in 374 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 644)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that too upon certaine conditions, the performance and vertue whereof is intransient, and cannot availeavail any by way of imputation or redundancie. Secondly, though the personall Guilt be off …
With rule
… that too upon certaine conditions, the performance and vertue whereof is intransient, and cannot availeavail any by way of imputation or redundancie. Secondly, though the personall Guilt be off …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hope is to expect that which Faith beleeves; what could the joyes of heaven availeavail us if it were not for our Hope, it is the Anchor of the …
With rule
… Hope is to expect that which Faith beleeves; what could the joyes of heaven availeavail us if it were not for our Hope, it is the Anchor of the …
Richard Sibbes · Divine Meditations and Holy Contemplations · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proſecuting eagerly after the profits and pleaſures of this world; that before God will availeavail a man nothing for his ſalvation, and eternall, or ſpirituall comfort; when the things …
With rule
… proſecuting eagerly after the profits and pleaſures of this world; that before God will availeavail a man nothing for his ſalvation, and eternall, or ſpirituall comfort; when the things …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it to be unto thee, becauſe the whole World, if thou hadſt it, cannot availeavail thee, without it; nor will be accepted in exchange for the redeeming of it …
With rule
… it to be unto thee, becauſe the whole World, if thou hadſt it, cannot availeavail thee, without it; nor will be accepted in exchange for the redeeming of it …
Thomas Gataker · Saint Stephens Last Will and Testament · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… regards not what hee hath. As Haman ſaid, all this honor and theſe riches availeavail mee nothing, ſo long as I ſee the Iew Mordecai ſitting in the gate …
With rule
… regards not what hee hath. As Haman ſaid, all this honor and theſe riches availeavail mee nothing, ſo long as I ſee the Iew Mordecai ſitting in the gate …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt hath intereſt in him, if not, his claiming of intereſt in Chriſt will availeavail him nothing. Mat. 7.22.23. Many will ſay to Chriſt at the laſt day; Lord, Lord …
With rule
… Chriſt hath intereſt in him, if not, his claiming of intereſt in Chriſt will availeavail him nothing. Mat. 7.22.23. Many will ſay to Chriſt at the laſt day; Lord, Lord …
Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
What did it availeavail Iudas to ſeeme to bee a bleſſed Apoſtle, when in the end he proued …
With rule
What did it availeavail Iudas to ſeeme to bee a bleſſed Apoſtle, when in the end he proued …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… greatnesse, though he be compassed about with friends and safety on every side, can availeavail, if God be his enemy; he will pull thee from the midst of the …
With rule
… greatnesse, though he be compassed about with friends and safety on every side, can availeavail, if God be his enemy; he will pull thee from the midst of the …
John Preston · Life Eternal · p. 174 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Gentlemans Calling A23718

Printed
… that errand, O do not here put off your curiositie, where alone it may AvaileAvail You, but rather take this opportunitie of hallowing that (hitherto prophane) part of your …
With rule
… that errand, O do not here put off your curiositie, where alone it may AvaileAvail You, but rather take this opportunitie of hallowing that (hitherto prophane) part of your …
Richard Allestree · The Gentlemans Calling · Open in the reader

Britains Genius A96763

Printed
AvaileAvail you nothing; but enfeeble rather,
With rule
AvaileAvail you nothing; but enfeeble rather,
George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 97 · Open in the reader

On the Sad Loss of Robert Lord Brook A97063

Printed
AvaileAvail with Death, or who doth Death command,
With rule
AvaileAvail with Death, or who doth Death command,
John Wallis · On the Sad Loss of Robert Lord Brook · Open in the reader