Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7047 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preferrprefer

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 271 times in 162 works
Consistency: 98.9% (271 of 274)
Reach if approved: ~288 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prefer
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 274 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (271 changes in 162 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 271)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a Space of duration defined, for It is not Eternal, All Acknowledge; I therefore preferrprefer only the Scriptures naming a 1000 Years, with ſuch Apparences of that Time, and according …
With rule
… a Space of duration defined, for It is not Eternal, All Acknowledge; I therefore preferrprefer only the Scriptures naming a 1000 Years, with ſuch Apparences of that Time, and according …
Thomas Beverley · The Christian Doctrine of the Day of Judgment · Open in the reader
Printed
… was a crime for which the greateſt Biſhop in the World was cenſurable, to preferrprefer any, or make Ordinations foreign, as appears by what Chryſoſtome was accuſed of, though it …
With rule
… was a crime for which the greateſt Biſhop in the World was cenſurable, to preferrprefer any, or make Ordinations foreign, as appears by what Chryſoſtome was accuſed of, though it …
David Clarkson · Diocesan Churches Not Yet Discovered in Primitive Times · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. The obedience of the upright is ordinata, well ordered, For he preferrprefer…th the greater duties before the lesse, morall duties before ceremoniall, and the substance …
With rule
3. The obedience of the upright is ordinata, well ordered, For he preferrprefer…th the greater duties before the lesse, morall duties before ceremoniall, and the substance …
George Downame · The Covenant of Grace · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in under this [Ruler,] The ancient Superannuat Bishop; But this gloss will in honour preferrprefer unto him, the diligent preaching Minister, which will wound their cause to death. Some …
With rule
… in under this [Ruler,] The ancient Superannuat Bishop; But this gloss will in honour preferrprefer unto him, the diligent preaching Minister, which will wound their cause to death. Some …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the King and the generall good of this Kingdome, Which I ſhall euer preferrprefer before my owne life and well being. Nay had I neuer ſo many liues …
With rule
… and the King and the generall good of this Kingdome, Which I ſhall euer preferrprefer before my owne life and well being. Nay had I neuer ſo many liues …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their comming▪ as froggs breed of rotten and slimy coruption; or for that they preferrprefer… themselues before all other Ecclesiasticall orders preceeding them▪ as vnperfect and vnprofitable, hopping and …
With rule
… their comming▪ as froggs breed of rotten and slimy coruption; or for that they preferrprefer… themselues before all other Ecclesiasticall orders preceeding them▪ as vnperfect and vnprofitable, hopping and …
Henry Burton · The Seven Vials · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what it is that you ſay. This is to a…ho… … tance, and to preferrprefer the honour of man before the honour of God: yea, to let the ſhame …
With rule
… what it is that you ſay. This is to a…ho… … tance, and to preferrprefer the honour of man before the honour of God: yea, to let the ſhame …
Richard Baxter · Catholic Theology Plain Pure Peaceable · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Religion, or Reaſon ſhould be preferred, as to ask whether we ſhould, in ſeeing, preferrprefer the Eye, or the Light, or the material Objects; which muſt all Concur to …
With rule
… Religion, or Reaſon ſhould be preferred, as to ask whether we ſhould, in ſeeing, preferrprefer the Eye, or the Light, or the material Objects; which muſt all Concur to …
Richard Baxter · Judgment of Nonconformists of Reason in Matters of Religion · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Conversion of the Soul A64956

Printed
… as to contemn the Word of God, the great Means of Converſion and Salvation. PreferrPrefer not the Curſe before the Bleſſing, when both are ſet before you: Chuſe not …
With rule
… as to contemn the Word of God, the great Means of Converſion and Salvation. PreferrPrefer not the Curſe before the Bleſſing, when both are ſet before you: Chuſe not …
Nathanael Vincent · The Conversion of the Soul · p. 312 · Open in the reader

Characters of a Sincere Heart A66073

Printed
… a true Beleiver, whoſe heart is upright with God, to Price, Value, Eſteem, and PreferrPrefer Chriſt in our judgments, and affections before all the Riches of the World in …
With rule
… a true Beleiver, whoſe heart is upright with God, to Price, Value, Eſteem, and PreferrPrefer Chriſt in our judgments, and affections before all the Riches of the World in …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Characters of a Sincere Heart · p. 11 · Open in the reader