Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3931 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

yfif

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 7,014 times in 281 works
Consistency: 99.9% (7,014 of 7,021)
Reach if approved: ~7,379 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: if
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7,023 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,014 changes in 281 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,014)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… worde, which alſo procedeth from the mouthes of Infantes, & is taught & preached by ſuckelinges, yfif I do beleue it, I haue all thinges.
With rule
… worde, which alſo procedeth from the mouthes of Infantes, & is taught & preached by ſuckelinges, yfif I do beleue it, I haue all thinges.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as redde as s…arlet / yet shall they be made whyther then snowe. And yfif they were lyke purple / yet shal they be lyke whyte wolle / yfif we vnfainedly …
With rule
… as redde as s…arlet / yet shall they be made whyther then snowe. And yfif they were lyke purple / yet shal they be lyke whyte wolle / yfif we vnfainedly …
Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader
Printed
… for then hee woulde not haue affirmed, that Pope Liberius subscribed vnto hereise. But yfif Hieronyme alone bée not sufficient, what say you to Anthanasius? Is hée a credible …
With rule
… for then hee woulde not haue affirmed, that Pope Liberius subscribed vnto hereise. But yfif Hieronyme alone bée not sufficient, what say you to Anthanasius? Is hée a credible …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
YfIf thou wylt a faythfull christen man be
With rule
YfIf thou wylt a faythfull christen man be
John Bale · Answer to a Papistical Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… worlde / though not before God. Eyther shall they be compelled shamefullye to recante / or yfif they persyst in the veryte / to suffer most peynefull deathe. By one waye or …
With rule
… worlde / though not before God. Eyther shall they be compelled shamefullye to recante / or yfif they persyst in the veryte / to suffer most peynefull deathe. By one waye or …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… occupied in euil thinges and forbidden of GOD, and ſhutteth out Ieſus Chriſte. For yfif the ſtudie of peace excuſed not Aaron for makyng a Calfe: nor Saule for …
With rule
… occupied in euil thinges and forbidden of GOD, and ſhutteth out Ieſus Chriſte. For yfif the ſtudie of peace excuſed not Aaron for makyng a Calfe: nor Saule for …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
YfIf the tirants of the earth & such as delight in shedding of bloude should be …
With rule
YfIf the tirants of the earth & such as delight in shedding of bloude should be …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God more yfif I shoulde not speake the truthe, then the displeasure of man yfif he be offended in h…arynge of the truth, trulye I wyll tell you …
With rule
… God more yfif I shoulde not speake the truthe, then the displeasure of man yfif he be offended in h…arynge of the truth, trulye I wyll tell you …
Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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 Civil Nosegay A07402

Printed
YFIF a tyrane be a priuate man inuadyng the Empyre by ſedycion and rather, then …
With rule
YFIF a tyrane be a priuate man inuadyng the Empyre by ſedycion and rather, then …
Philipp Melanchthon · A Civil Nosegay · Open in the reader

The Observer of Time A07942

Printed
YFIF theſe examples of Nycodemus, Ioſeph of Ara…thia, and Naaman the Sirian, the which …
With rule
YFIF theſe examples of Nycodemus, Ioſeph of Ara…thia, and Naaman the Sirian, the which …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader

Certain Questions A16958

Printed
YFIF you were miſtaken for the Equivocation of ſilk, wit would you ſhould haue opened …
With rule
YFIF you were miſtaken for the Equivocation of ſilk, wit would you ſhould haue opened …
Hugh Broughton · Certain Questions · p. 7 · Open in the reader

A Consent of Scripture A16964

Printed
… The Sun loſt his lyght. Mat. 27. THE ſeuenth yeere the Lande shall reſt. Leui. 25. YFIF Ieſus had ſetled the people in reſt, then vvould not Dauid after this, haue …
With rule
… The Sun loſt his lyght. Mat. 27. THE ſeuenth yeere the Lande shall reſt. Leui. 25. YFIF Ieſus had ſetled the people in reſt, then vvould not Dauid after this, haue …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 A18081

Printed
YFIF purgatory were propounded onely as a thing indifferent, which a man might beleue or …
With rule
YFIF purgatory were propounded onely as a thing indifferent, which a man might beleue or …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 2 · p. 194 · Open in the reader

Letter to Ministers in Geneva A68306

Printed
YFIF the examinations and iniuſte accuſations of theſe our deare brethern with the names of …
With rule
YFIF the examinations and iniuſte accuſations of theſe our deare brethern with the names of …
John Knox · Letter to Ministers in Geneva · p. 127 · Open in the reader