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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6855 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

expresexpress

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
259 times in 152 works
Consistency
95.5% (259 of 271)
Reach if approved
~285 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: express
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
271 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (259 changes in 152 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 259)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Na toung sic kyndnes can expresexpress,
    With rule
    Na toung sic kyndnes can expresexpress,

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … miserie, nor further to happinesse, when we want it, v. 13. The words in themselues expresexpress a twofold estate of Christians, First, what they are by nature, and so 1. they …
    With rule
    … miserie, nor further to happinesse, when we want it, v. 13. The words in themselues expresexpress a twofold estate of Christians, First, what they are by nature, and so 1. they …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … examples off Dauid / and Salomon / which attempted nothing in the church gouernement / without the expresexpress word off God / ccccxliiij. Alſo / off others / lxxxvj.
    With rule
    … examples off Dauid / and Salomon / which attempted nothing in the church gouernement / without the expresexpress word off God / ccccxliiij. Alſo / off others / lxxxvj.

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Let men expresexpress appointed be to beir,
    With rule
    Let men expresexpress appointed be to beir,

    Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Oh who cā expresexpress the worthines & excellency of these heauenly gyftes, whiche we obtaine by the mooste victorious …
    With rule
    Oh who cā expresexpress the worthines & excellency of these heauenly gyftes, whiche we obtaine by the mooste victorious …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to be hearde as pastors, but to be fled from, as wolues, by the expresexpress cō mandement of Iesus Christe, and of his Apostles.
    With rule
    … to be hearde as pastors, but to be fled from, as wolues, by the expresexpress cō mandement of Iesus Christe, and of his Apostles.

    Theodore Beza · Answer to Navarre · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in ſome one plac… or other doth borrowe a compariſon from the ſame, to expreſexpress… our vnion and communion tha… wee haue with Chriſt. But amongſt al other things …
    With rule
    … in ſome one plac… or other doth borrowe a compariſon from the ſame, to expreſexpress… our vnion and communion tha… wee haue with Chriſt. But amongſt al other things …

    Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to haue cōfirmed the part affirmatiue (as they call it) except thow do also expresexpress the negatiue / and dost so ascribe vnto Christe our lorde all the thinges of …
    With rule
    … to haue cōfirmed the part affirmatiue (as they call it) except thow do also expresexpress the negatiue / and dost so ascribe vnto Christe our lorde all the thinges of …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    ExpresExpress in to the Commoun law
    With rule
    ExpresExpress in to the Commoun law

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpresExpress agane the Lordis lawis?
    With rule
    ExpresExpress agane the Lordis lawis?

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpresExpress agane the Lordis commādement.
    With rule
    ExpresExpress agane the Lordis commādement.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpresExpress aganis the Lordis command.
    With rule
    ExpresExpress aganis the Lordis command.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpresExpress aganis Goddis bidding.
    With rule
    ExpresExpress aganis Goddis bidding.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    ExpresExpress in to the commoun Law
    With rule
    ExpresExpress in to the commoun Law

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

  • Printed
    ExpresExpress aganis Goddis command,
    With rule
    ExpresExpress aganis Goddis command,

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 158 · Open in the reader