Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6792 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shortnesshortness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 215 times in 148 works
Consistency: 97.7% (215 of 220)
Reach if approved: ~231 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shortness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 220 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (215 changes in 148 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 215)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… came to him, to cary him to the place of executiō. Who conſidering the ſhortnesshortness of time, his ſaying was, that although the day were neuer ſo long, yet …
With rule
… came to him, to cary him to the place of executiō. Who conſidering the ſhortnesshortness of time, his ſaying was, that although the day were neuer ſo long, yet …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fortieth yeare of her Maieſties raigne, and augmented in thoſe places wherein, for the ſhortnesshortness of the time, it could not there be then delivered.
With rule
… fortieth yeare of her Maieſties raigne, and augmented in thoſe places wherein, for the ſhortnesshortness of the time, it could not there be then delivered.
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as of late he set foorth vnto vs a consolation and conforte, concernynge the shortnesshortness and small continuance of affliction and trouble, and the perpetuitie of our ioye and …
With rule
… as of late he set foorth vnto vs a consolation and conforte, concernynge the shortnesshortness and small continuance of affliction and trouble, and the perpetuitie of our ioye and …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… thereto. And his example must teach euery one of vs, who knowe not the shortnesshortness of our daies, euery houre to prepare our selues against the day of death …
With rule
… thereto. And his example must teach euery one of vs, who knowe not the shortnesshortness of our daies, euery houre to prepare our selues against the day of death …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. by the ſhortnesshortness of ſpeach vſed vnto them.
With rule
1. by the ſhortnesshortness of ſpeach vſed vnto them.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diuers points I was enforced (as I thinke you might well perceiue) through the ſhortnesshortness of time left and alotted me, but ſummarily to touch many thinges, that more …
With rule
… diuers points I was enforced (as I thinke you might well perceiue) through the ſhortnesshortness of time left and alotted me, but ſummarily to touch many thinges, that more …
Thomas Sparke · Sermon 14 September 1585 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many dayes without the Church; in that the waight of this ioy recompensed the shortnesshortness of it self; & counteruailed the length of the other, being vnspeakably glorious. This third …
With rule
… many dayes without the Church; in that the waight of this ioy recompensed the shortnesshortness of it self; & counteruailed the length of the other, being vnspeakably glorious. This third …
Thomas Taylor · The Beauties of Bethel · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… meanes that God would inable him with grace, ſo ſereouſly to conſider of the ſhortnesshortness of this life, and the tranſitorineſſe of this preſent world; as that he might …
With rule
… meanes that God would inable him with grace, ſo ſereouſly to conſider of the ſhortnesshortness of this life, and the tranſitorineſſe of this preſent world; as that he might …
William Whately · The Redemption of Time 2 · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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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.

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

Printed
ShortnesShortness of mans life 38. 12
With rule
ShortnesShortness of mans life 38. 12
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · Open in the reader

Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues A68078

Printed
… that Ignoratio scripturarum, ignoratio Christi est. Ignorance of scriptures, is the ignorance of Christ. ShortnesShortness will not suffer me to point the places only, to the confusiō of the …
With rule
… that Ignoratio scripturarum, ignoratio Christi est. Ignorance of scriptures, is the ignorance of Christ. ShortnesShortness will not suffer me to point the places only, to the confusiō of the …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 4 · Open in the reader