Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6716 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

straglingstraggling

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 315 times in 225 works
Consistency: 98.4% (315 of 320)
Reach if approved: ~336 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: straggling
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 320 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (315 changes in 225 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 315)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Shepherd and Biſhop of our ſoules , ſets theſe curres upon us when wee are ſtraglingstraggling, not to devoure us, but to drive us into the fold: turnes theſe bug …
With rule
… Shepherd and Biſhop of our ſoules , ſets theſe curres upon us when wee are ſtraglingstraggling, not to devoure us, but to drive us into the fold: turnes theſe bug …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Art: becauſe that is obſcure: but Mountagu is a Diſputer, and therefore muſt auoid ſtraglingstraggling. Beſides, M^r. Mountagu deſpiſeth M^r. Perkins with no ſmall degree of ſcorne, as is …
With rule
… Art: becauſe that is obſcure: but Mountagu is a Diſputer, and therefore muſt auoid ſtraglingstraggling. Beſides, M^r. Mountagu deſpiſeth M^r. Perkins with no ſmall degree of ſcorne, as is …
Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… glory to commend it: It consists sometimes of a few scattered persons, that live straglingstraggling here and there.
With rule
… glory to commend it: It consists sometimes of a few scattered persons, that live straglingstraggling here and there.
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt keepe vs in Gods armie and campe, the Church militant: for as thoſe ſtraglingstraggling ſouldiers who depart from the armie and raunge abroad to forrage, or get ſome …
With rule
… muſt keepe vs in Gods armie and campe, the Church militant: for as thoſe ſtraglingstraggling ſouldiers who depart from the armie and raunge abroad to forrage, or get ſome …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 1 · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hands that multiplied the Loaves; and his feet that were weary in ſeeking the ſtraglingstraggling ſheep; Chriſt is ſcourged all over, becauſe all over we were full of wounds …
With rule
… hands that multiplied the Loaves; and his feet that were weary in ſeeking the ſtraglingstraggling ſheep; Chriſt is ſcourged all over, becauſe all over we were full of wounds …
Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 369 · Open in the reader
Printed
… young chickins, in á faire, calme, ſun-ſhine day; you may ſee them all ſtraglingstraggling from the hen, one heere and another there: the hen deſirous to have her …
With rule
… young chickins, in á faire, calme, ſun-ſhine day; you may ſee them all ſtraglingstraggling from the hen, one heere and another there: the hen deſirous to have her …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſtroyed as well as the braſen ſerpent was. 2, The ſuperſtitious devotions which by ſome ſtraglingstraggling people are now and then performed at this temple whereof you ſpeak, were in …
With rule
… deſtroyed as well as the braſen ſerpent was. 2, The ſuperſtitious devotions which by ſome ſtraglingstraggling people are now and then performed at this temple whereof you ſpeak, were in …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iniquity in your heart: and when hereby you have called your thoughts in from ſtraglingstraggling, and have gotten compoſedneſſe of minde, and inward ſtrength of ſoule, without which the …
With rule
… iniquity in your heart: and when hereby you have called your thoughts in from ſtraglingstraggling, and have gotten compoſedneſſe of minde, and inward ſtrength of ſoule, without which the …
Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

The Whole Armor of God A01979

Printed
… not from it for gaine as Demas, or perſecution, as they which forſooke Paul. StraglingStraggling ſouldiers loſe the ſuccour of their Captaine, and helpe of their fellow ſouldiers. Such …
With rule
… not from it for gaine as Demas, or perſecution, as they which forſooke Paul. StraglingStraggling ſouldiers loſe the ſuccour of their Captaine, and helpe of their fellow ſouldiers. Such …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 115 · Open in the reader

A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty A33748

Printed
There are StraglingStraggling parties (indeed) who watch for our halting; and ſeldom (elſe) can they have advantage …
With rule
There are StraglingStraggling parties (indeed) who watch for our halting; and ſeldom (elſe) can they have advantage …
Elisha Coles · A Practical Discourse of Gods Sovereignty · p. 148 · Open in the reader