Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6769 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foretelsforetells

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 419 times in 243 works
Consistency: 99.5% (419 of 421)
Reach if approved: ~442 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: foretells
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 421 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (419 changes in 243 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 419)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… nations (got, not by any exploite of war, but by guile, as the Apocalyps foretelsforetells vs in the 17. ch.) be the work of one only man, much lesse of …
With rule
… nations (got, not by any exploite of war, but by guile, as the Apocalyps foretelsforetells vs in the 17. ch.) be the work of one only man, much lesse of …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Accomplishment of the Prophecies · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
XLVIII. She foretelsforetells the hour of her Death, which proved accordingly.
With rule
XLVIII. She foretelsforetells the hour of her Death, which proved accordingly.
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and amazing a ſpectacle; ſo when Jeruſalem was to be deſtroyed, our Saviour himſelf foretelsforetells, that there ſhould be Earth quakes, and Famines, and Peſtilences, and fearfull ſights, and …
With rule
… and amazing a ſpectacle; ſo when Jeruſalem was to be deſtroyed, our Saviour himſelf foretelsforetells, that there ſhould be Earth quakes, and Famines, and Peſtilences, and fearfull ſights, and …
Edward Bagshaw · Signs of the Times · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy Authour foretelsforetells much: alas! weake frend:
With rule
Thy Authour foretelsforetells much: alas! weake frend:
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. That God neither by his word foretelsforetells, nor by his prouidence doth prognoſticate either good or ill in the falling out …
With rule
1. That God neither by his word foretelsforetells, nor by his prouidence doth prognoſticate either good or ill in the falling out …
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Prophets. He ſendeth his Heralds to proclaime warre before he makes it, and foretelsforetells them of ſuch iudgements as he is purpoſed to inflict, that they may forewarne …
With rule
… the Prophets. He ſendeth his Heralds to proclaime warre before he makes it, and foretelsforetells them of ſuch iudgements as he is purpoſed to inflict, that they may forewarne …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
… old. Adde vnto this the infamy, that wicked men bring vpon themſelues. Thus Tamar foretelsforetells Ammon of the diſcredit, that would follow vpon his inceſtuous violence, I whither ſhall …
With rule
… old. Adde vnto this the infamy, that wicked men bring vpon themſelues. Thus Tamar foretelsforetells Ammon of the diſcredit, that would follow vpon his inceſtuous violence, I whither ſhall …
Francis Taylor · Self-Satisfaction · Open in the reader
Printed
… the world, but will most seuerely punish for sinne: the pleading of the conscience foretelsforetells a iudgement to come, the sentence of death pronounced in Paradise, and renewed with …
With rule
… the world, but will most seuerely punish for sinne: the pleading of the conscience foretelsforetells a iudgement to come, the sentence of death pronounced in Paradise, and renewed with …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 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.