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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4022 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

alreadiealready

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

Puritas changed it
4,963 times in 792 works
Consistency
99.8% (4,963 of 4,973)
Reach if approved
~5,225 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: already
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,973 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,963 changes in 792 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,963)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … not at all vnto it, yet one part of his ſoule and vnderſtanding is alreadiealready corrupted, and he loueth not GOD with all his heart. There is no queſtion …
    With rule
    … not at all vnto it, yet one part of his ſoule and vnderſtanding is alreadiealready corrupted, and he loueth not GOD with all his heart. There is no queſtion …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … likely for them to haue, you may consider by that whiche hath béene saide alreadiealready, beside that they agrée not about their Traditions, either with the papists, or with …
    With rule
    … likely for them to haue, you may consider by that whiche hath béene saide alreadiealready, beside that they agrée not about their Traditions, either with the papists, or with …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … matters which he hath ſearched. And he addeth, euen that which they haue doone alreadiealready. But the phraſe of the Hebrew tongue doth beare to ſay, euē that which …
    With rule
    … matters which he hath ſearched. And he addeth, euen that which they haue doone alreadiealready. But the phraſe of the Hebrew tongue doth beare to ſay, euē that which …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God ād his horrible plagues vpō your ſelues and your brethern, wherof you haue alreadiealready felt ſome portion? The Iewes were willed to praye for Nabuchadnezer and his ſonne …
    With rule
    … God ād his horrible plagues vpō your ſelues and your brethern, wherof you haue alreadiealready felt ſome portion? The Iewes were willed to praye for Nabuchadnezer and his ſonne …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the spirit arise of any known sin, it is eyther for some sinne alreadiealready committed, wherein wee lie; or els for some sinne as yet not committed, whereunto …
    With rule
    … of the spirit arise of any known sin, it is eyther for some sinne alreadiealready committed, wherein wee lie; or els for some sinne as yet not committed, whereunto …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    I neede not to repeat agayne, that alteration of Cyprian's wordes, which is alreadiealready mentioned in this same Chapter, putting, Dignitatis, for, Potestatis; Honour, for, Power: where-vnto …
    With rule
    I neede not to repeat agayne, that alteration of Cyprian's wordes, which is alreadiealready mentioned in this same Chapter, putting, Dignitatis, for, Potestatis; Honour, for, Power: where-vnto …

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Certaine men vpon our Sauiour Chriſtes reſurrection roſe againe, and are alreadiealready with him in heauen. So are Enoch, and Elias both aliue aſſumed thither.
    With rule
    Certaine men vpon our Sauiour Chriſtes reſurrection roſe againe, and are alreadiealready with him in heauen. So are Enoch, and Elias both aliue aſſumed thither.

    Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … that the ſpirit hath wrought in vs, that worke of libertie, whereof we have alreadiealready ſpoken.
    With rule
    … that the ſpirit hath wrought in vs, that worke of libertie, whereof we have alreadiealready ſpoken.

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 60 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 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.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    AlreadieAlready fails now in the middle race:
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    AlreadieAlready fails now in the middle race:

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 111 · Open in the reader

Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed A10250

  • Printed
    SEING THAT WE HAVE DONE ALREAdieAlready with the perſon of Chriſt, it followeth now that we deale with his office …
    With rule
    SEING THAT WE HAVE DONE ALREAdieAlready with the perſon of Chriſt, it followeth now that we deale with his office …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SEING WE HAVE ALREADIEALREADY SPOKEN of good works: it now followeth, that we deale with the rule thereof …
    With rule
    SEING WE HAVE ALREADIEALREADY SPOKEN of good works: it now followeth, that we deale with the rule thereof …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SEING WEE HAVE ALREADIEALREADY DONE with the Preface of the Lawe, and the diuiſion thereof: it now remaineth …
    With rule
    SEING WEE HAVE ALREADIEALREADY DONE with the Preface of the Lawe, and the diuiſion thereof: it now remaineth …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WEE HAVE ALREADIEALREADY DISPVTED, concerning Tranſubſtantiation: Conſubſtantiation being the neereſt error vnto it, is now to be …
    With rule
    WEE HAVE ALREADIEALREADY DISPVTED, concerning Tranſubſtantiation: Conſubſtantiation being the neereſt error vnto it, is now to be …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 189 · Open in the reader

The Amendment of Life A13339

  • Printed
    ALreadieAlready haue we ſpoken of Charitie, and Almes proceeding therefrom. To this vertue there is …
    With rule
    ALreadieAlready haue we ſpoken of Charitie, and Almes proceeding therefrom. To this vertue there is …

    Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Opening of the Ten Commandments A15011

  • Printed
    1. AlreadieAlready.
    With rule
    1. AlreadieAlready.

    William Whately · Opening of the Ten Commandments · p. 203 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

  • Printed
    AlreadieAlready by thy reasoning this I guess,
    With rule
    AlreadieAlready by thy reasoning this I guess,

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AlreadieAlready in part, though hid in gloomiest shade,
    With rule
    AlreadieAlready in part, though hid in gloomiest shade,

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader