Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4199 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wrytingwriting

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

Puritas changed it: 424 times in 108 works
Consistency: 98.8% (424 of 429)
Reach if approved: ~451 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: writing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 429 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (424 changes in 108 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 424)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
By preaching first by wrytingwriting then to nations all if spred.
With rule
By preaching first by wrytingwriting then to nations all if spred.
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 679 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lye that Marten Luther starred vp. For first what one sētēce in all the wrytingwriting of Marten Luther fynd they that teacheth a man to resist his superiour? Moreouer …
With rule
… lye that Marten Luther starred vp. For first what one sētēce in all the wrytingwriting of Marten Luther fynd they that teacheth a man to resist his superiour? Moreouer …
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader
Printed
… my tēporal goodes that I haue not geuynge, or delyuered, or not gyuen by wrytingwriting of myne owne hande berynge the date of thys present wrytynge I do leaue …
With rule
… my tēporal goodes that I haue not geuynge, or delyuered, or not gyuen by wrytingwriting of myne owne hande berynge the date of thys present wrytynge I do leaue …
John Wycliffe · Wycliffes Wicket · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Perſia, and he made a Proclamation through all his kingdome, and alſo by wrytingwriting, ſaying, Thus ſayth Cyrus king of Perſia, All the kingdomes of the earth hath …
With rule
… of Perſia, and he made a Proclamation through all his kingdome, and alſo by wrytingwriting, ſaying, Thus ſayth Cyrus king of Perſia, All the kingdomes of the earth hath …
Hugh Broughton · Texts of Scripture Chaining the Holy Chronicle · Open in the reader
Printed
… Yea they are come to so greate shamelesnesse, that they haue set forth a wrytingwriting vnder the name of Anastasius Patriarche of Cōstantinople, wherin he testifieth that it was …
With rule
… Yea they are come to so greate shamelesnesse, that they haue set forth a wrytingwriting vnder the name of Anastasius Patriarche of Cōstantinople, wherin he testifieth that it was …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
Also Sainct Paule in the. 9. to the Romans wrytingwriting of this righteousnesse which commeth of Fayth, calleth it the righteousnesse of God, in …
With rule
Also Sainct Paule in the. 9. to the Romans wrytingwriting of this righteousnesse which commeth of Fayth, calleth it the righteousnesse of God, in …
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… my brethern & illuminatiō of your grace. Which thing work & very dede & not bare word & wrytingwriting ſhall witnes & declare, if I maye purchaſe the libertie of tunge but fortye daies …
With rule
… my brethern & illuminatiō of your grace. Which thing work & very dede & not bare word & wrytingwriting ſhall witnes & declare, if I maye purchaſe the libertie of tunge but fortye daies …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
… now silence, yea going back, bearing & bolstering the things which heretofore by word and wrytingwriting they stood against, so long as there was any hope that the Prince & Counsel …
With rule
… now silence, yea going back, bearing & bolstering the things which heretofore by word and wrytingwriting they stood against, so long as there was any hope that the Prince & Counsel …
Henry Ainsworth · The Confession of Faith of English People in Exile · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

Commentary on Galatians A06492

Printed
… to vſe ſo many wordes for the obtaining of this benefite of the congregations. WrytingWriting to the Corrinthians he treateth of this matter in two whole Chapters. I would …
With rule
… to vſe ſo many wordes for the obtaining of this benefite of the congregations. WrytingWriting to the Corrinthians he treateth of this matter in two whole Chapters. I would …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
WrytingWriting of y^e ſcripturs, to what end. 567. 31.
With rule
WrytingWriting of y^e ſcripturs, to what end. 567. 31.
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
WrytingWriting why it is vſed. 45…
With rule
WrytingWriting why it is vſed. 45…
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… crowne him, &c. The ſame in the firſt boke the .33. Titl. de maior. & obedient. WrytingWriting to the Emperour Conſtantine. So much diuerſitie, ſayeth he, as there is betwixte the …
With rule
… crowne him, &c. The ſame in the firſt boke the .33. Titl. de maior. & obedient. WrytingWriting to the Emperour Conſtantine. So much diuerſitie, ſayeth he, as there is betwixte the …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 416 · Open in the reader