Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #372 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

improueimprove

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 331 times in 177 works
Consistency: 97.0% (331 of 341)
Reach if approved: ~358 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: improve
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 341 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (331 changes in 177 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 331)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
SAlomon laboureth chiefly here, to improueimprove that doltiſhnes that ſome alledge when they heare religion taught. If (ſay they) all …
With rule
SAlomon laboureth chiefly here, to improueimprove that doltiſhnes that ſome alledge when they heare religion taught. If (ſay they) all …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… rubbiſh that none others can tell how to put to any vſe, he will improueimprove to ſuch a purpoſe, and cauſe ſo well to ſerue his turne, as the …
With rule
… rubbiſh that none others can tell how to put to any vſe, he will improueimprove to ſuch a purpoſe, and cauſe ſo well to ſerue his turne, as the …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
So againe the Lord hath commanded to be diligent in your callings, to improueimprove the time to the best advantage, for you shall giue an account for it …
With rule
So againe the Lord hath commanded to be diligent in your callings, to improueimprove the time to the best advantage, for you shall giue an account for it …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Son our feof…er in trust, that he as our head, might keep and improueimprove the grace of God belonging to us, as is meet for us: lest we …
With rule
… Son our feof…er in trust, that he as our head, might keep and improueimprove the grace of God belonging to us, as is meet for us: lest we …
John Robinson · Defense of the Synod of Dort · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… places, because euery word is pure and full of instruction, profitable to teach, to improueimprove, to correct, and to instruct in righteousnesse, that the Man of God may be …
With rule
… places, because euery word is pure and full of instruction, profitable to teach, to improueimprove, to correct, and to instruct in righteousnesse, that the Man of God may be …
John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the word of God, knowing that the Scriptures are sufficient to touch, to improueimprove, and correct, and to instruct i… righteousnesse, that the man of … may bee absolute …
With rule
… to the word of God, knowing that the Scriptures are sufficient to touch, to improueimprove, and correct, and to instruct i… righteousnesse, that the man of … may bee absolute …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 459 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for faith thriueth according to the time, meanes, experiments, and one we take to improueimprove our talent and preſerue our faith. The degrees of faith may fitly bee drawne …
With rule
… for faith thriueth according to the time, meanes, experiments, and one we take to improueimprove our talent and preſerue our faith. The degrees of faith may fitly bee drawne …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… serue to defend gods iustice, and his glorie, w^t we by our doctrine oppugne & improueimprove. But these your last wordes do bewrey the mater, that in what soeuer faces …
With rule
… serue to defend gods iustice, and his glorie, w^t we by our doctrine oppugne & improueimprove. But these your last wordes do bewrey the mater, that in what soeuer faces …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 205 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Way to True Happiness A02723

Printed
… we may walke in his statutes, and obserue his Commandements, and doe them, &c. ImproueImprove this Couenant, make your best of it, and say as the Prophet, Lord, giue …
With rule
… we may walke in his statutes, and obserue his Commandements, and doe them, &c. ImproueImprove this Couenant, make your best of it, and say as the Prophet, Lord, giue …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 156 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… Byshop Timothe: Preach thou the worde: be feruent in season and out of season. ImproueImprove rebuke, exhort, with all long sufferyng and doctrine. For the tyme wyl come, when …
With rule
… Byshop Timothe: Preach thou the worde: be feruent in season and out of season. ImproueImprove rebuke, exhort, with all long sufferyng and doctrine. For the tyme wyl come, when …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Light of Faith A17419

Printed
5 ImproueImprove thy power, though to hazard of place and life; if the matter ſo require …
With rule
5 ImproueImprove thy power, though to hazard of place and life; if the matter ſo require …
Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 365 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
Tyndall. ImproueImprove it. What is that that is broken, and that the Prieſt eateth wyth hys …
With rule
Tyndall. ImproueImprove it. What is that that is broken, and that the Prieſt eateth wyth hys …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 323 · Open in the reader