Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3835 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

uselesseuseless

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

Puritas changed it: 813 times in 407 works
Consistency: 99.0% (813 of 821)
Reach if approved: ~863 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: useless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 821 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (813 changes in 407 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 813)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but he that holds Free-will; makes all thoſe Apologies to be vain and uſeleſſeuseless, ſince every offence in ſuch an one muſt needs ariſe from his own Reſolved …
With rule
… but he that holds Free-will; makes all thoſe Apologies to be vain and uſeleſſeuseless, ſince every offence in ſuch an one muſt needs ariſe from his own Reſolved …
Edward Bagshaw · The Doctrine of Free Grace No Doctrine of Licentiousness · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is ſpiritual it is ſincere and cannot lie; Or ſecondly, This would be uſeleſſeuseless, having Aſſurance by Gods Spirit, what needs evidences by inherent graces; This is to …
With rule
… it is ſpiritual it is ſincere and cannot lie; Or ſecondly, This would be uſeleſſeuseless, having Aſſurance by Gods Spirit, what needs evidences by inherent graces; This is to …
Anthony Burgess · Spiritual Refining · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Their bodies are too heavy to bee born up by their wings, which, though uselesseuseless for flight, yet serve them to run with greater speed, so that a swift …
With rule
… Their bodies are too heavy to bee born up by their wings, which, though uselesseuseless for flight, yet serve them to run with greater speed, so that a swift …
Samuel Clarke · A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Irregular Action for to Act Irregularly upon an Impetus or Impulſive ſpirit makes Scripture uſeleſſeuseless) but according to naturall Iuſtice and common equitie, that when Kings ſhall proclaime the …
With rule
… Irregular Action for to Act Irregularly upon an Impetus or Impulſive ſpirit makes Scripture uſeleſſeuseless) but according to naturall Iuſtice and common equitie, that when Kings ſhall proclaime the …
John Cook · Monarchy No Creature of Gods Making · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… arms, and by violence to recover the Churches right; but from him received the uselesseuseless assistance of his pity, and that was all.
With rule
… arms, and by violence to recover the Churches right; but from him received the uselesseuseless assistance of his pity, and that was all.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
An uſeleſſeuseless Toole, though, gay to looke upon.
With rule
An uſeleſſeuseless Toole, though, gay to looke upon.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much the rather, ſeeing there is no man but is ſoone weary of gathering uſeleſſeuseless droſſe together.
With rule
… much the rather, ſeeing there is no man but is ſoone weary of gathering uſeleſſeuseless droſſe together.
Peter du Moulin Jr · A Learned Treatise of Traditions · p. 408 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all inferiour ends are nothing, and all meanes do lose their nature, and become uselesseuseless: and so the soul of the most gracious man shall be no fitter to …
With rule
… all inferiour ends are nothing, and all meanes do lose their nature, and become uselesseuseless: and so the soul of the most gracious man shall be no fitter to …
Richard Baxter · Aphorisms of Justification · p. 270 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Job 4-7 A35438

Printed
UſeleſſeUseless, to be uſeleſſeuseless is in Scripture account, to be eſſenceleſs, p. 515.
With rule
UſeleſſeUseless, to be uſeleſſeuseless is in Scripture account, to be eſſenceleſs, p. 515.
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · Open in the reader

The Universalist Examined and Convicted A44706

Printed
… might they have been admoniſhed before it came: And ſo that word (Now) been UſeleſſeUseless: Or can we thinke that the admonition of ſome to Repent, could beget an …
With rule
… might they have been admoniſhed before it came: And ſo that word (Now) been UſeleſſeUseless: Or can we thinke that the admonition of ſome to Repent, could beget an …
Obadiah Howe · The Universalist Examined and Convicted · Open in the reader

The Schools Guarded A45342

Printed
UselesseUseless things are oft accounted as no things.
With rule
UselesseUseless things are oft accounted as no things.
Thomas Hall · The Schools Guarded · Open in the reader

Theological and Legal Queries 2 A56151

Printed
… to the Commons under them; together with th… whole House of Lords, as Dangerous, UselesseUseless, Dilatory t… the Procéedings of Parliament, &c. in their Votes of Febr. 6. and Declaration …
With rule
… to the Commons under them; together with th… whole House of Lords, as Dangerous, UselesseUseless, Dilatory t… the Procéedings of Parliament, &c. in their Votes of Febr. 6. and Declaration …
William Prynne · Theological and Legal Queries 2 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Active and Public Spirit A87384

Printed
… the Temple, And ſo it is in this caſe, Graceleſſe men are not alwaies UſeleſseUseless men, nor Uſefull men alwaies Gracious men; God in his over-ruling Providence uſeth …
With rule
… the Temple, And ſo it is in this caſe, Graceleſſe men are not alwaies UſeleſseUseless men, nor Uſefull men alwaies Gracious men; God in his over-ruling Providence uſeth …
Thomas Jacombe · The Active and Public Spirit · p. 39 · Open in the reader