Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6899 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pretypretty

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 227 times in 138 works
Consistency: 94.1% (227 of 241)
Reach if approved: ~253 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pretty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 241 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (227 changes in 138 works, 94.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 227)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and this is as true as the Sunſhines at none day. They haue made pretypretty beginnings of that good worke allready if men could ſee it, and they and …
With rule
… and this is as true as the Sunſhines at none day. They haue made pretypretty beginnings of that good worke allready if men could ſee it, and they and …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my fathers ſteppes; for I promiſe you, I am deceiued, vnleſſe I haue a pretypretty ſmattering gift in this Piſtle-making, and I feare in a while I ſhall …
With rule
… my fathers ſteppes; for I promiſe you, I am deceiued, vnleſſe I haue a pretypretty ſmattering gift in this Piſtle-making, and I feare in a while I ſhall …
Martin Marprelate · Theses · Open in the reader
Printed
… trow is mortal ſinne accuſing and accurſing all, and how then call you theſe pretypretty pety venial ſins? Or how can the Law accru as cauſe of iuſtifieng, wherein …
With rule
… trow is mortal ſinne accuſing and accurſing all, and how then call you theſe pretypretty pety venial ſins? Or how can the Law accru as cauſe of iuſtifieng, wherein …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with str…nge Babylonish ornaments, the hallowed Pri…sts dance about the altar, making pretypretty sp…rt, …nd fine pastime, with …rippings, …nd turnings, and crossi…gs, …nd crouchings …
With rule
… with str…nge Babylonish ornaments, the hallowed Pri…sts dance about the altar, making pretypretty sp…rt, …nd fine pastime, with …rippings, …nd turnings, and crossi…gs, …nd crouchings …
Peter Smart · Sermon 7 July 1628 · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theyr names ar haynous and hated and theyr occupations ar vnlawful / will be called pretypretty conueyers and exorciſtes / So maſter gardiner be cauſe ye ar a coniurer and your …
With rule
… theyr names ar haynous and hated and theyr occupations ar vnlawful / will be called pretypretty conueyers and exorciſtes / So maſter gardiner be cauſe ye ar a coniurer and your …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
Printed
… contēted to keep their cō sciences to thēselues: so you wil also giue some pretypretty, sharpe charge in your circuites, sessiōs, & assēblies (alwais keping your cōsciēces to your selues …
With rule
… contēted to keep their cō sciences to thēselues: so you wil also giue some pretypretty, sharpe charge in your circuites, sessiōs, & assēblies (alwais keping your cōsciēces to your selues …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… paint himselfe without, he was quite rottē within. And whither for wāt of his pretypretty staruling pensiō frō Spaine, after that illustrious foile, he might not be much humbled …
With rule
… paint himselfe without, he was quite rottē within. And whither for wāt of his pretypretty staruling pensiō frō Spaine, after that illustrious foile, he might not be much humbled …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
… arme might deliuer him. This rich man was long asleepe, and beene delighted with pretypretty wanton dreames, of enlarged barnes, and plentifull haruests; (as all worldly pleasures are but …
With rule
… arme might deliuer him. This rich man was long asleepe, and beene delighted with pretypretty wanton dreames, of enlarged barnes, and plentifull haruests; (as all worldly pleasures are but …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 329 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Predestination A09386

Printed
… death: much water can not q…h loue, neither can the floods drowne i…. PretyPretty, which …, was neuer pretypretty. And true faith (though as small as a graine of …
With rule
… death: much water can not q…h loue, neither can the floods drowne i…. PretyPretty, which …, was neuer pretypretty. And true faith (though as small as a graine of …
William Perkins · Predestination · Open in the reader

Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked A16795

Printed
14 Your scoffe of PretyPretty Parnel, and many such more we must beare. But if it bee true, that …
With rule
14 Your scoffe of PretyPretty Parnel, and many such more we must beare. But if it bee true, that …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 157 · Open in the reader

Animadversions on Fiat Lux A53665

Printed
… place by himself or others converted, which are conveniencies attending this custom and practise. PretyPretty things to perswade men to worship God they know not how; or to leave …
With rule
… place by himself or others converted, which are conveniencies attending this custom and practise. PretyPretty things to perswade men to worship God they know not how; or to leave …
John Owen · Animadversions on Fiat Lux · p. 345 · Open in the reader