Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4516 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

possibliepossibly

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

Puritas changed it: 376 times in 165 works
Consistency: 99.7% (376 of 377)
Reach if approved: ~396 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: possibly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 377 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (376 changes in 165 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 376)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thinges created and done by GOD in the world, of the which no cauſe poſſibliepossibly can bee given, and therefore it is in ſome reſpect the cauſe of Gods …
With rule
… thinges created and done by GOD in the world, of the which no cauſe poſſibliepossibly can bee given, and therefore it is in ſome reſpect the cauſe of Gods …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now what perfection can poſſibliepossibly bee beyond that, which is commanded? ſeeing all the heart, all the ſoule, and …
With rule
Now what perfection can poſſibliepossibly bee beyond that, which is commanded? ſeeing all the heart, all the ſoule, and …
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſame way, worſhip, Miniſterie duplicate page duplicate page &c. therefore even in this behalfe can we not poſſibliepossibly ſeparate from ſome of you, but we muſt needs do it from all. And …
With rule
… the ſame way, worſhip, Miniſterie duplicate page duplicate page &c. therefore even in this behalfe can we not poſſibliepossibly ſeparate from ſome of you, but we muſt needs do it from all. And …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that he may profeſſe himſelfe God, by taking his ſimilitude, we read not, neither poſsibliepossibly dare he, leaſt ſo the moſt godlie Prophetes (meaning nothing but godlines) ſhould be …
With rule
… that he may profeſſe himſelfe God, by taking his ſimilitude, we read not, neither poſsibliepossibly dare he, leaſt ſo the moſt godlie Prophetes (meaning nothing but godlines) ſhould be …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
I doe alſo avouch that no forreigne power, Prince, potentate, or ſtate hath, or poſſibliepossibly can have, any authoritie, within the Territories of her dominions, over any perſon, or …
With rule
I doe alſo avouch that no forreigne power, Prince, potentate, or ſtate hath, or poſſibliepossibly can have, any authoritie, within the Territories of her dominions, over any perſon, or …
John Penry · The History of Korah · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
But how can a man possibliepossibly deny himselfe? For there must be a request before there can be a deniall …
With rule
But how can a man possibliepossibly deny himselfe? For there must be a request before there can be a deniall …
John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to apply, & accommodate themselues vnto them, in that which is good, so far as possibliepossibly they could obserue any vvay by the Lord opened vnto them. I could instance …
With rule
… to apply, & accommodate themselues vnto them, in that which is good, so far as possibliepossibly they could obserue any vvay by the Lord opened vnto them. I could instance …
John Robinson · The Lawfulness of Hearing of the Ministers of the Church of England · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
Further: All the members of the Church cannot poſſibliepossibly attayne the knowledg of the tongs, which notwithſtanding they muſt endevour to their vtmoſt …
With rule
Further: All the members of the Church cannot poſſibliepossibly attayne the knowledg of the tongs, which notwithſtanding they muſt endevour to their vtmoſt …
John Smyth · The Differences of the Churches of the Separation · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Of Quenching the Spirit A55333

Printed
10. PossibliePossibly you may not be able to kindle it again, nor any other.
With rule
10. PossibliePossibly you may not be able to kindle it again, nor any other.
Theophilus Polwheile · Of Quenching the Spirit · p. 271 · Open in the reader