Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6442 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sonersooner

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 187 times in 102 works
Consistency: 100% (187 of 187)
Reach if approved: ~196 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sooner
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 187 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (187 changes in 102 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 187)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the .22. of Februarie about .8. of y^e clock in y^e morning which was an howre ſonersooner then was appointed. There came to the Coūter, where I was in priſon to …
With rule
… the .22. of Februarie about .8. of y^e clock in y^e morning which was an howre ſonersooner then was appointed. There came to the Coūter, where I was in priſon to …
John Bradford · All the Examinations of the Martyr John Bradford · Open in the reader
Printed
… matrimony accordyng to his word, shal neuer wante? The water of the ryuer shall sonersooner be turned into wyne, and the stonnes of the felde into bread, than the …
With rule
… matrimony accordyng to his word, shal neuer wante? The water of the ryuer shall sonersooner be turned into wyne, and the stonnes of the felde into bread, than the …
Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · Open in the reader
Printed
… is to say, with the Bybles translaciō. In dede that godly wurke is moche sonersooner founde faulte wyth, than amended.
With rule
… is to say, with the Bybles translaciō. In dede that godly wurke is moche sonersooner founde faulte wyth, than amended.
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… lyfe, The children of the worlde, contrary wise, haue suche stomakes, that they woll sonersooner se them deed, that doth them good, than susteyne any losse of temporal thinges …
With rule
… lyfe, The children of the worlde, contrary wise, haue suche stomakes, that they woll sonersooner se them deed, that doth them good, than susteyne any losse of temporal thinges …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader
Printed
… money, as Oratories worthie for their vertue and holinesse, wherein our Praiers maie the sonersooner bee hearde, and the better accepted. And yet in these places appointed of hym …
With rule
… money, as Oratories worthie for their vertue and holinesse, wherein our Praiers maie the sonersooner bee hearde, and the better accepted. And yet in these places appointed of hym …
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
… at this time hath broght forth to you such floures, as heuē & earth shal sonersooner perysh, thā y^e leest leafe of thē shal so much as ōce wither awai …
With rule
… at this time hath broght forth to you such floures, as heuē & earth shal sonersooner perysh, thā y^e leest leafe of thē shal so much as ōce wither awai …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto vs the image and lykeneſſe of man / or of any other thynge. For ſonersooner ſhall the remembraunce come to thy mynde of the Karuer or Paynter / whoſe workmanſhip …
With rule
… vnto vs the image and lykeneſſe of man / or of any other thynge. For ſonersooner ſhall the remembraunce come to thy mynde of the Karuer or Paynter / whoſe workmanſhip …
Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaintes wyth hym that they ſhall be ſonersooner ſuccoured. And that they ſhall be ſonersooner exalted or lyfte vp by their interceſſion.
With rule
… ſaintes wyth hym that they ſhall be ſonersooner ſuccoured. And that they ſhall be ſonersooner exalted or lyfte vp by their interceſſion.
Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.