Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #66 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vsethuseth

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

Puritas changed it: 7,434 times in 878 works
Consistency: 99.9% (7,434 of 7,439)
Reach if approved: ~7,817 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: uses
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7,440 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,434 changes in 878 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,434)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… sacrifice, Priest, aultar, alludeth to the sacrifices of thankesgiuing in the lawe, because he vsethuseth also that name of Leuites by which he calleth Gods ministers. For as for …
With rule
… sacrifice, Priest, aultar, alludeth to the sacrifices of thankesgiuing in the lawe, because he vsethuseth also that name of Leuites by which he calleth Gods ministers. For as for …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs, to prouide for him, those dishes, that himselfe best loues, and that he vsethuseth most to feed vpon. In which prouision, thou needst not to put euer the …
With rule
… vs, to prouide for him, those dishes, that himselfe best loues, and that he vsethuseth most to feed vpon. In which prouision, thou needst not to put euer the …
Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is no profite to a man of all his ſore trauaile. For he vſethuseth a worde which ſignifieth a profite that doth remaine, and continue or ſticke by …
With rule
… there is no profite to a man of all his ſore trauaile. For he vſethuseth a worde which ſignifieth a profite that doth remaine, and continue or ſticke by …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that keepeth himſelfe in ſobrietie, & is not ouercome with wine or ſtrong drink, but vſethuseth them moderately, he can, if need bee, watch for to eſchue and withſtand perilles …
With rule
… that keepeth himſelfe in ſobrietie, & is not ouercome with wine or ſtrong drink, but vſethuseth them moderately, he can, if need bee, watch for to eſchue and withſtand perilles …
George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saint Gregory speaketh of drinking Christs blood vnder the forme of wine: when hee vsethuseth that very word, ^u Potat. Quis exponere queat quantae fuit miserationis, sacratissim â praeciosi …
With rule
… Saint Gregory speaketh of drinking Christs blood vnder the forme of wine: when hee vsethuseth that very word, ^u Potat. Quis exponere queat quantae fuit miserationis, sacratissim â praeciosi …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And it is called tenancie by the courteſie of England, becauſe no other Realme vſethuseth it.
With rule
… And it is called tenancie by the courteſie of England, becauſe no other Realme vſethuseth it.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… spirit: and this he doth by a most familiar and plaine speech, which he vsethuseth vnto them. This oration and speech of his reacheth to the end of the …
With rule
… spirit: and this he doth by a most familiar and plaine speech, which he vsethuseth vnto them. This oration and speech of his reacheth to the end of the …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… carieth the multitude after them. For euē as the Lorde in wisedome and iustice vsethuseth to punish the people by their Princes, euen so Sathan of hatred and malice …
With rule
… carieth the multitude after them. For euē as the Lorde in wisedome and iustice vsethuseth to punish the people by their Princes, euen so Sathan of hatred and malice …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

Printed
… not euen to the proprietie of the tōgue in the which they did write. VsethUseth the holie Gost I pray you whose power lowseth the tongues of the dombe …
With rule
… not euen to the proprietie of the tōgue in the which they did write. VsethUseth the holie Gost I pray you whose power lowseth the tongues of the dombe …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 87 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
God VsethUseth the trauaile of wicked men, 69.
With rule
God VsethUseth the trauaile of wicked men, 69.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… the sinnes of my countriefolke. And yet in the meane season howe speaketh hee? VsethUseth he mild tearmes to rebuke the people with gentlenesse? Nay, hee cryeth out against …
With rule
… the sinnes of my countriefolke. And yet in the meane season howe speaketh hee? VsethUseth he mild tearmes to rebuke the people with gentlenesse? Nay, hee cryeth out against …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 400 · Open in the reader