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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6718 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

superficiallsuperficial

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
351 times in 236 works
Consistency
97.5% (351 of 360)
Reach if approved
~378 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: superficial
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
360 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (351 changes in 236 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 351)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … but counterfeit in comparison: it is radicall, proceeding from the heart: the other but superficiallsuperficial, from the teeth outward: it comforts a man in the midst of afflictions: whereas …
    With rule
    … but counterfeit in comparison: it is radicall, proceeding from the heart: the other but superficiallsuperficial, from the teeth outward: it comforts a man in the midst of afflictions: whereas …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 518 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … or by the commission of some sinne or other, or by the negligent and superficiallsuperficial performance of holy duties may quench the feruencie, the heate and zeale of Gods …
    With rule
    … or by the commission of some sinne or other, or by the negligent and superficiallsuperficial performance of holy duties may quench the feruencie, the heate and zeale of Gods …

    William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 306 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … conclude, a ſound ioy poſſeſſing the whole body: but all theſe things are only ſuperficiallsuperficial in the temporary Faith. Whereupon Heb. 6. that apprehenſion of heauenly things which is therein …
    With rule
    … conclude, a ſound ioy poſſeſſing the whole body: but all theſe things are only ſuperficiallsuperficial in the temporary Faith. Whereupon Heb. 6. that apprehenſion of heauenly things which is therein …

    Robert Rollock · Gods Effectual Calling · p. 173 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſoundneſſe of knowledge, and a ſoundneſſe of believing; that they be ſolid and not ſuperficiallsuperficial; that they have not meerely flaſhings, or glimmerings of light, like lightning, which doth …
    With rule
    … ſoundneſſe of knowledge, and a ſoundneſſe of believing; that they be ſolid and not ſuperficiallsuperficial; that they have not meerely flaſhings, or glimmerings of light, like lightning, which doth …

    John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    § 4. Here this profound and learned Doctor telleth vs, that his superficiallsuperficial Aduersarie hath in an vnlearned and slender manner endeauoured to prooue that our Sauiours …
    With rule
    § 4. Here this profound and learned Doctor telleth vs, that his superficiallsuperficial Aduersarie hath in an vnlearned and slender manner endeauoured to prooue that our Sauiours …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … care we be ſtrangers to publique teaching, we may perhaps haue ſome ſmattering and ſuperficiallsuperficial knowledge, but can neuer haue any true taſt of the marrow and ſweetnes of …
    With rule
    … care we be ſtrangers to publique teaching, we may perhaps haue ſome ſmattering and ſuperficiallsuperficial knowledge, but can neuer haue any true taſt of the marrow and ſweetnes of …

    Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of the Scripture · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … hath practice without any pith, and a courſe without any kernell, and hee performes ſuperficiallsuperficial duties without any ſtrength; all his duties are as dry as a chip, only …
    With rule
    … hath practice without any pith, and a courſe without any kernell, and hee performes ſuperficiallsuperficial duties without any ſtrength; all his duties are as dry as a chip, only …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 463 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … bee ſo baſely conceited of the Chriſtian profeſſion, as to thinke that a little ſuperficiallsuperficial knowledge of theſe generalities is ſufficient to make a tradeſ-man in this kinde …
    With rule
    … bee ſo baſely conceited of the Chriſtian profeſſion, as to thinke that a little ſuperficiallsuperficial knowledge of theſe generalities is ſufficient to make a tradeſ-man in this kinde …

    John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 204 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

2 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 Power of Godliness B17454

  • Printed
    … and hold fast his promise when he seems to be far from our help. 4. SuperficiallSuperficial and slight hope must be setled and rooted better. Such is the hope of …
    With rule
    … and hold fast his promise when he seems to be far from our help. 4. SuperficiallSuperficial and slight hope must be setled and rooted better. Such is the hope of …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 217 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … under their government; is the fruit of naturall corrupt disposition, not of lively faith. 6. SuperficiallSuperficial or sleighty mildness, which doth not hold out in weighty and great occasions, is …
    With rule
    … under their government; is the fruit of naturall corrupt disposition, not of lively faith. 6. SuperficiallSuperficial or sleighty mildness, which doth not hold out in weighty and great occasions, is …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 270 · Open in the reader