Waiting for reviewJoins and splitsCandidate #35641 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

country mencountrymen

Words joined or split: to day → today, it selfe → itself, aswell → as well.

Puritas changed it: 81 times in 71 works
Consistency: 87.1% (81 of 93, in those works)
Reach if approved: ~98 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Phrase, any case
In our text: 93 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (81 changes in 71 works, 87.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 81)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the late English Anotations on 1 Cor. 12. 28. M^r. Baine on Ephes: 4. 11. together with two learned country mencountrymen of mine, M^r. David Dikson, on 1 Cor: 14. 31. and M^r: Rutherfurd on his peaceable plea …
With rule
… the late English Anotations on 1 Cor. 12. 28. M^r. Baine on Ephes: 4. 11. together with two learned country mencountrymen of mine, M^r. David Dikson, on 1 Cor: 14. 31. and M^r: Rutherfurd on his peaceable plea …
George Gillespie · Treatise of Miscellaneous Questions · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all of a spirituall nature, and a participation wherein, made the rest of his country mencountrymen despise all the world, and looke upon themselves as the only acceptable persons with …
With rule
… all of a spirituall nature, and a participation wherein, made the rest of his country mencountrymen despise all the world, and looke upon themselves as the only acceptable persons with …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and inhumane wrongs you have done, not to the Indians, but to us your country mencountrymen: not to bring in a Catalogue, as we might, take this one particular abuse …
With rule
… and inhumane wrongs you have done, not to the Indians, but to us your country mencountrymen: not to bring in a Catalogue, as we might, take this one particular abuse …
Edward Winslow · The Danger of Tolerating Levelers in a Civil State · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more ſtrict account of each mans Tithes, and that he met with many poor country mencountrymen in the way crying out of their oppreſſion, and that (as they ſaid) by …
With rule
… more ſtrict account of each mans Tithes, and that he met with many poor country mencountrymen in the way crying out of their oppreſſion, and that (as they ſaid) by …
William Erbery · The Grand Oppressor · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unto mee, I ſhould never have done any thing in Engliſh: but that my country mencountrymen, might ſee ſomething into the Prelats well meaning towards the Church and State, and …
With rule
… unto mee, I ſhould never have done any thing in Engliſh: but that my country mencountrymen, might ſee ſomething into the Prelats well meaning towards the Church and State, and …
John Bastwick · More Full Answer to Exceptions · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… goe a cleane contrary way for companie. Let vs be glad to meet our country mencountrymen in this through fare, be kinde to them for the same Countrey sake; and …
With rule
… goe a cleane contrary way for companie. Let vs be glad to meet our country mencountrymen in this through fare, be kinde to them for the same Countrey sake; and …
Thomas Taylor · The Pilgrims Profession · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they neither see nor feare; as wonder is the daughter of ignorance. Indeed, as country mencountrymen will rather believe the reports of travellers, then go to see it: so they …
With rule
… they neither see nor feare; as wonder is the daughter of ignorance. Indeed, as country mencountrymen will rather believe the reports of travellers, then go to see it: so they …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 722 · Open in the reader
Printed
… licentiouſneſſe of apoſtate Chriſtians. Againe, you know the temper of your owne neighbours and country mencountrymen, better then others can: you know in what places people be incorrigible, and men …
With rule
… licentiouſneſſe of apoſtate Chriſtians. Againe, you know the temper of your owne neighbours and country mencountrymen, better then others can: you know in what places people be incorrigible, and men …
Samuel Annesley · The First Dish at the Wilshire Feast · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Brief Description of the Whole World A26435

Printed
There are also divers Fryars of that Nation, who perform nnto their Country menCountrymen such exercises of Religion as are convenient.
With rule
There are also divers Fryars of that Nation, who perform nnto their Country menCountrymen such exercises of Religion as are convenient.
Archbishop George Abbot · A Brief Description of the Whole World · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by our English the Summer Ilands, which of late is inhabited also by our Country menCountrymen.
With rule
… by our English the Summer Ilands, which of late is inhabited also by our Country menCountrymen.
Archbishop George Abbot · A Brief Description of the Whole World · p. 298 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… his charge, a ſin that deſerved death, and therefore Laban call'd his Kinſmen and Country menCountrymen all to Arm themſelves for executing Juſtice upon the Sacrilegious Jacob.
With rule
… his charge, a ſin that deſerved death, and therefore Laban call'd his Kinſmen and Country menCountrymen all to Arm themſelves for executing Juſtice upon the Sacrilegious Jacob.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 279 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirdly, War was then in the Gates, not only of the Villages, (where Country menCountrymen could not ſecure themſelves from the Inſolency of the Enemies Soldiers) but even of …
With rule
Thirdly, War was then in the Gates, not only of the Villages, (where Country menCountrymen could not ſecure themſelves from the Inſolency of the Enemies Soldiers) but even of …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 103 · Open in the reader

The Annals of the World A64619

Printed
… they recounted how Aeneas, and the Captains that went heretofore with him, were their Country menCountrymen, and went from thence; and the Romans no whit lesse proud, that they were …
With rule
… they recounted how Aeneas, and the Captains that went heretofore with him, were their Country menCountrymen, and went from thence; and the Romans no whit lesse proud, that they were …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 391 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Governour of the City, and then Brithagoras, a person of eminent authority amongst his Country menCountrymen, earnestly requested Conacorix, that he would give way to a treaty with Triarius, concerning …
With rule
… Governour of the City, and then Brithagoras, a person of eminent authority amongst his Country menCountrymen, earnestly requested Conacorix, that he would give way to a treaty with Triarius, concerning …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 560 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cheated of all their prizes and booties: whereupon, they fell most bitterly upon their Country menCountrymen, and had undone one another, by killing each other, had not Triarius, hearing of …
With rule
… cheated of all their prizes and booties: whereupon, they fell most bitterly upon their Country menCountrymen, and had undone one another, by killing each other, had not Triarius, hearing of …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 561 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the name of the King would be of great authority among his own Country menCountrymen: and that this war might seem to be undertaken rather by the outrage of …
With rule
… that the name of the King would be of great authority among his own Country menCountrymen: and that this war might seem to be undertaken rather by the outrage of …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 657 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Arius Alexandrinus, a Philosopher, taking him by the right hand, to the end his Country menCountrymen should honour him the more, when they saw him so honoured, [Plutarch in Anton …
With rule
… Arius Alexandrinus, a Philosopher, taking him by the right hand, to the end his Country menCountrymen should honour him the more, when they saw him so honoured, [Plutarch in Anton …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 759 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… false Christians, to be Lordes of the goodes, possessions, and bodyes of theyr brethren & Country menCountrymen: but being verye Antichristes and enemies of Christes crosse, they would be Gods, and …
With rule
… false Christians, to be Lordes of the goodes, possessions, and bodyes of theyr brethren & Country menCountrymen: but being verye Antichristes and enemies of Christes crosse, they would be Gods, and …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2116 · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

Printed
… Apoſtle encouraging the Theſſalonians, tells them, they had ſuffered ſuch things from their owne Country menCountrymen, and compares them that did it, unto the Jewes which crucifyed the Lord Jeſus …
With rule
… Apoſtle encouraging the Theſſalonians, tells them, they had ſuffered ſuch things from their owne Country menCountrymen, and compares them that did it, unto the Jewes which crucifyed the Lord Jeſus …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 461 · Open in the reader