Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33340 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

adiectiueadjective

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 262 times in 44 works
Consistency: 100% (262 of 262)
Reach if approved: ~275 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: adjective
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 262 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (262 changes in 44 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 262)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the word faithfulnes being a ſubſtantiue, ſhould be put in the place of an adiectiueadjective, as if he ſhould ſay, that Chriſt ſhall be g…rt with faithfull iustice …
With rule
… the word faithfulnes being a ſubſtantiue, ſhould be put in the place of an adiectiueadjective, as if he ſhould ſay, that Chriſt ſhall be g…rt with faithfull iustice …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… author findeth fault, but wherin? the word (Vero) was in the other coppy an adiectiueadjective, and I ioyned it wyth (Misterio) & therfore sayd the true mistery: which word (mistery …
With rule
… author findeth fault, but wherin? the word (Vero) was in the other coppy an adiectiueadjective, and I ioyned it wyth (Misterio) & therfore sayd the true mistery: which word (mistery …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
The AdiectiueAdjective is ſomewhere tranſlated, Honorable: The Iewes ſtirred vp many deuout women, foreign, and honorable, and …
With rule
The AdiectiueAdjective is ſomewhere tranſlated, Honorable: The Iewes ſtirred vp many deuout women, foreign, and honorable, and …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… h…selfe is the Rocke. I deny the resemblance, for there is resembled the AdiectiueAdjective in the one, and the substantiue in the other. But thus he shoulde compare …
With rule
… h…selfe is the Rocke. I deny the resemblance, for there is resembled the AdiectiueAdjective in the one, and the substantiue in the other. But thus he shoulde compare …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bicauſe both theſe ſubſtantiues are of one gender, namely the maſculine, therefore may the adiectiueadjective alſo be the maſculine gender, ſo that you may ſay, Arcus et calami ſunt …
With rule
… bicauſe both theſe ſubſtantiues are of one gender, namely the maſculine, therefore may the adiectiueadjective alſo be the maſculine gender, ſo that you may ſay, Arcus et calami ſunt …
John Stockwood · Rules of Construction in English Grammar · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Goſpell. It is an aduerb of time, and you take it for an adiectiueadjective noune. But there is a vaile ouer your eyes Maiſter Gilbert that yee can …
With rule
… the Goſpell. It is an aduerb of time, and you take it for an adiectiueadjective noune. But there is a vaile ouer your eyes Maiſter Gilbert that yee can …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… quarrels must serue, where better want. The addition of a substantiue vnderstood to an adiectiueadjective expressed is, when you you list an heinous fault. I praie you tell me …
With rule
… quarrels must serue, where better want. The addition of a substantiue vnderstood to an adiectiueadjective expressed is, when you you list an heinous fault. I praie you tell me …
Clergy George Wither · The Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament Translated Into English · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
foreign. If any man be in Chriſt. Here is the AdiectiueAdjective us, any. But the Subſtantiue man, is vnderſtood, yet neceſſarily implyed both in the …
With rule
foreign. If any man be in Chriſt. Here is the AdiectiueAdjective us, any. But the Subſtantiue man, is vnderſtood, yet neceſſarily implyed both in the …
Immanuel Bourne · The True Way of a Christian · p. 43 · 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.