Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3778 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

showneshown

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

Puritas changed it: 623 times in 203 works
Consistency: 99.5% (623 of 626)
Reach if approved: ~658 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shown
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 626 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (623 changes in 203 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 623)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… all miracles. But those miracles shall in their time God willing, be manifested and showneshown.
With rule
… all miracles. But those miracles shall in their time God willing, be manifested and showneshown.
Petrus Ramus · The Way to Geometry · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Act. 7. 51. Yee have alwayes resisted the Holy Ghost, viz. whose vertue was showneshown upon their hearts in and together with the preaching of the Prophet.
With rule
2. Act. 7. 51. Yee have alwayes resisted the Holy Ghost, viz. whose vertue was showneshown upon their hearts in and together with the preaching of the Prophet.
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but onely by an externe denomination of his ſinne, which (as wee haue already ſhowneshown) is moſt erroneous.
With rule
… but onely by an externe denomination of his ſinne, which (as wee haue already ſhowneshown) is moſt erroneous.
John Salkeld · A Treatise of Paradise · p. 299 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sub formá pauperis, for a poore man, and a Minister; as it was publikely showneshown to the greatest and most judicious Magistrates in the Kingdome. Hee was a foot …
With rule
… sub formá pauperis, for a poore man, and a Minister; as it was publikely showneshown to the greatest and most judicious Magistrates in the Kingdome. Hee was a foot …
Richard Sibbes · The Brides Longing for her Bridegrooms Second Coming · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Contemplation of Gods mercy showneshown
With rule
The Contemplation of Gods mercy showneshown
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
Hath ſhowneshown, how this may well bee done.
With rule
Hath ſhowneshown, how this may well bee done.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
Part of my Outside hath the Picture showneshown;
With rule
Part of my Outside hath the Picture showneshown;
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader
Printed
BY Scripture teſtimonies it is to bee ſhowneshown [ſayth Gregorie] that it is not lawfull to worſhip what-ſo-ever is made …
With rule
BY Scripture teſtimonies it is to bee ſhowneshown [ſayth Gregorie] that it is not lawfull to worſhip what-ſo-ever is made …
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven A14380

Printed
ShowneShown and assur'd in Truths most faithfull Storie?
With rule
ShowneShown and assur'd in Truths most faithfull Storie?
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
ShowneShown greater paine: that here the truth I tell,
With rule
ShowneShown greater paine: that here the truth I tell,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader