Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4148 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

remaynedremained

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

Puritas changed it: 681 times in 232 works
Consistency: 99.7% (681 of 683)
Reach if approved: ~718 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: remained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 683 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (681 changes in 232 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 681)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… off God / and of hys meſſingers. Their repentaunce were lyke the mornyng dewe / it remaynedremained not / although they cold ſaye in their mouthe / the Lord lyueth / yet were their …
With rule
… off God / and of hys meſſingers. Their repentaunce were lyke the mornyng dewe / it remaynedremained not / although they cold ſaye in their mouthe / the Lord lyueth / yet were their …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… That after the originall fal of Adam, the natural power and ſtrength of man, remaynedremained hole and & vncorrupt. And that man haue of nature a ryght diſcretiō & a good …
With rule
… That after the originall fal of Adam, the natural power and ſtrength of man, remaynedremained hole and & vncorrupt. And that man haue of nature a ryght diſcretiō & a good …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… festlye that the soule dyeth not with the bo dy, but stil liued and remaynedremained immortall.
With rule
… festlye that the soule dyeth not with the bo dy, but stil liued and remaynedremained immortall.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… continue so long in blindenes, as the Gentiles did in vnbeliefe, whiles the Iewes remaynedremained in beliefe: and that the fulnes of the Gentiles shall seeme to be accomplished …
With rule
… continue so long in blindenes, as the Gentiles did in vnbeliefe, whiles the Iewes remaynedremained in beliefe: and that the fulnes of the Gentiles shall seeme to be accomplished …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… sober, that all thier wine washed not from him his first resolution, but hee remaynedremained still constant. But how falsely did David forsake him, sending him with that Snake …
With rule
… sober, that all thier wine washed not from him his first resolution, but hee remaynedremained still constant. But how falsely did David forsake him, sending him with that Snake …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Citie Ieruſalē, ād all their coūtrie was deſtroyed ād ſubiecte to Nabuchadnezer and there remaynedremained no other place where they might haue peace, but in Babylon and vnder his …
With rule
… Citie Ieruſalē, ād all their coūtrie was deſtroyed ād ſubiecte to Nabuchadnezer and there remaynedremained no other place where they might haue peace, but in Babylon and vnder his …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… afore him therin. Why was he not then of counsell in thys reckenynge. He remaynedremained as maistre and heade of that churche, by the space of more thā, ii …
With rule
… afore him therin. Why was he not then of counsell in thys reckenynge. He remaynedremained as maistre and heade of that churche, by the space of more thā, ii …
John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Christes Soule after death was there where the holy Patriarkes deceaſed were, & there remaynedremained till his Reſurrection. So that how you will doe to maintaine that Chriſt c …
With rule
… that Christes Soule after death was there where the holy Patriarkes deceaſed were, & there remaynedremained till his Reſurrection. So that how you will doe to maintaine that Chriſt c …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 149 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

Printed
… boldely lyke a gyaunt. Nōne manēs tibi manebat, et venundatum in tua potestate erat? RemaynedRemained it not wholy thyne owne, and beynge solde, was it not vndre thy power …
With rule
… boldely lyke a gyaunt. Nōne manēs tibi manebat, et venundatum in tua potestate erat? RemaynedRemained it not wholy thyne owne, and beynge solde, was it not vndre thy power …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader