Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3990 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

countriecountry

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

Puritas changed it: 3,351 times in 692 works
Consistency: 100% (3,351 of 3,351)
Reach if approved: ~3,570 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: country
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,398 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 47 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,351 changes in 692 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,351)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hath he raysed vp in Germany, France, Scotland, and Spaine? and from whiche oure countriecountry of England is not altogether free. But howsoeuer he applieth his busines, god in …
With rule
… hath he raysed vp in Germany, France, Scotland, and Spaine? and from whiche oure countriecountry of England is not altogether free. But howsoeuer he applieth his busines, god in …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proper name? the world doth ſwarme full of theſe fooles, they be in euery countriecountry, in euery citie, in euery village, yea it is certaine they be almoſt in …
With rule
… proper name? the world doth ſwarme full of theſe fooles, they be in euery countriecountry, in euery citie, in euery village, yea it is certaine they be almoſt in …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… might be with Christ. And the holy Patriarkes are ſaid to deſire an heauenly countriecountry: which alſo the Apoſtle noteth to be the deſire of all true Saints. Where …
With rule
… might be with Christ. And the holy Patriarkes are ſaid to deſire an heauenly countriecountry: which alſo the Apoſtle noteth to be the deſire of all true Saints. Where …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… now as faſt as trading, faire houſes be ſhut in, mercy is runne the CountrieCountry, and is like to periſh, for it will hardly line without a houſe; where …
With rule
… now as faſt as trading, faire houſes be ſhut in, mercy is runne the CountrieCountry, and is like to periſh, for it will hardly line without a houſe; where …
Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… countriemen? where have you learned for feare of mē to flee from your owne countriecountry, ād fathers houſes to whome you ought, and where you might beſt publiſh the …
With rule
… countriemen? where have you learned for feare of mē to flee from your owne countriecountry, ād fathers houſes to whome you ought, and where you might beſt publiſh the …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch a practiſe cauſeth not onely the actors, but their actions, profeſſion, poſteritie, and CountrieCountry to bee euill ſpoken of.
With rule
… ſuch a practiſe cauſeth not onely the actors, but their actions, profeſſion, poſteritie, and CountrieCountry to bee euill ſpoken of.
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my conscience, gif I had bene brocht vp in Germanie or in ony vther countriecountry, quhair Christ is trewly preichit, and all thingis done decently and in ordour according …
With rule
… my conscience, gif I had bene brocht vp in Germanie or in ony vther countriecountry, quhair Christ is trewly preichit, and all thingis done decently and in ordour according …
David Fergusson · Sermon Preached 13 January 1571 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Nebuchadnezzar the king into the land of Babell or confusion, into an other countriecountry where they were not borne, and there they shall die: yea, Coniah himselfe shalt …
With rule
… by Nebuchadnezzar the king into the land of Babell or confusion, into an other countriecountry where they were not borne, and there they shall die: yea, Coniah himselfe shalt …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 233 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.