Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #584 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnexpectedunexpected

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 180 times in 108 works
Consistency: 95.7% (180 of 188)
Reach if approved: ~198 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unexpected
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 188 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (180 changes in 108 works, 95.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 180)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the gulfe of his despaire, and makes him more sensible of his present and vnexpectedunexpected miseries.
With rule
… the gulfe of his despaire, and makes him more sensible of his present and vnexpectedunexpected miseries.
Robert Bolton · The State of True Happiness · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at once made ſhipwracke of all; the Lord being pleaſed to croſſe, ſome way vnexpectedunexpected their ouer bold enterpriſes: ſo that, many times hauing thus deſired to ſet vp …
With rule
… at once made ſhipwracke of all; the Lord being pleaſed to croſſe, ſome way vnexpectedunexpected their ouer bold enterpriſes: ſo that, many times hauing thus deſired to ſet vp …
Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nouember. In both of theſe the caſe hath a Venio citò, a moſt ſodaine vnexpectedunexpected diſſolution. The one intended of our whole State repreſented in a publike ſolemne Aſſembly …
With rule
… Nouember. In both of theſe the caſe hath a Venio citò, a moſt ſodaine vnexpectedunexpected diſſolution. The one intended of our whole State repreſented in a publike ſolemne Aſſembly …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euill, but Satan will quickly eſpie the ſame, & vpon the aduantage, giue ſome ſudden, vnexpectedunexpected and ſtrong aſſault, by darting and ſhooting into the heart and thoughts ſome one …
With rule
… euill, but Satan will quickly eſpie the ſame, & vpon the aduantage, giue ſome ſudden, vnexpectedunexpected and ſtrong aſſault, by darting and ſhooting into the heart and thoughts ſome one …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them: Fourthly, for the ſucceſſe, effect, and continuance: that it bring an incredible and vnexpectedunexpected bleſſing, in Reformation and Conuerſion; notwithſtanding any oppoſition made by the whole world, and …
With rule
… them: Fourthly, for the ſucceſſe, effect, and continuance: that it bring an incredible and vnexpectedunexpected bleſſing, in Reformation and Conuerſion; notwithſtanding any oppoſition made by the whole world, and …
Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
… policie of the deceitfull Steward. Watchfulneſſe for the ſudden comming of Chriſt, by the vnexpectedunexpected comming of a theefe to his prey. In a word, there was nothing which …
With rule
… policie of the deceitfull Steward. Watchfulneſſe for the ſudden comming of Chriſt, by the vnexpectedunexpected comming of a theefe to his prey. In a word, there was nothing which …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and trauell ſpent about it, but alſo endanger his life in it, by the vnexpectedunexpected tumbling of it downe vpon his head: ſo likewiſe, that Chriſtian, who would ſo …
With rule
… and trauell ſpent about it, but alſo endanger his life in it, by the vnexpectedunexpected tumbling of it downe vpon his head: ſo likewiſe, that Chriſtian, who would ſo …
John Sym · The Sweet Milk of Christian Doctrine · Open in the reader
Printed
… put of from the time wherein it ſhould be performed by ſome ſuddaine and vnexpectedunexpected buſines that required ſuch haſt (as in ſuch caſe ordinary duties of religion may …
With rule
… put of from the time wherein it ſhould be performed by ſome ſuddaine and vnexpectedunexpected buſines that required ſuch haſt (as in ſuch caſe ordinary duties of religion may …
William Whately · The Redemption of Time 2 · p. 42 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… for euill smarts more gently. Repentina bona sunt suauiora; sed repentina mala sunt grauiora. VnexpectedUnexpected ioyes are more gracious, but vnexpectedunexpected euils are more grieuous. Mischiefes come most commonly …
With rule
… for euill smarts more gently. Repentina bona sunt suauiora; sed repentina mala sunt grauiora. VnexpectedUnexpected ioyes are more gracious, but vnexpectedunexpected euils are more grieuous. Mischiefes come most commonly …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 353 · Open in the reader