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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7171 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

canotcannot

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
120 times in 103 works
Consistency
100% (120 of 120)
Reach if approved
~126 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: canot
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
120 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (120 changes in 103 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 120)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and gouerned in minde, will, heart, affections, words & works by the ſame, which he canotcannot be without particular application thereof for his owne inſtruction in knowledge, and reformation in …
    With rule
    … and gouerned in minde, will, heart, affections, words & works by the ſame, which he canotcannot be without particular application thereof for his owne inſtruction in knowledge, and reformation in …

    Thomas Granger · The Application of Scripture · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a harshe & a strāge doctrine to them; Oh, they haue excellent narures, and they canotcannot endure such, & such sinnes, and they thanke God, they are not as ill as …
    With rule
    … a harshe & a strāge doctrine to them; Oh, they haue excellent narures, and they canotcannot endure such, & such sinnes, and they thanke God, they are not as ill as …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Zephaniah 2 · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ful poſſeſſion of our hearts. If there be any man, with whom theſe reſpects canotcannot preuaile, what is he but meerely ſenſleſſe, neither knowing what he hath, nor feeling …
    With rule
    … ful poſſeſſion of our hearts. If there be any man, with whom theſe reſpects canotcannot preuaile, what is he but meerely ſenſleſſe, neither knowing what he hath, nor feeling …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … all things, not made, nor created himſelfe: the beginning or ending of whoſe age canotcannot be remembred.
    With rule
    … all things, not made, nor created himſelfe: the beginning or ending of whoſe age canotcannot be remembred.

    John Carpenter · The Institution of Children in the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Nature: Upon the whole Matter I conclude, that according to his Principles our Author canotcannot shew any one thing in all the Life and Death of Christ, that may …
    With rule
    … Nature: Upon the whole Matter I conclude, that according to his Principles our Author canotcannot shew any one thing in all the Life and Death of Christ, that may …

    Vincent Alsop · Opposition to Errors of William Sherlock · p. 675 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … not obtain life and glory by his own works, and that therefore his children canotcannot claime more advantage then he.
    With rule
    … not obtain life and glory by his own works, and that therefore his children canotcannot claime more advantage then he.

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … an evil report, Num. 14.36. is, foreign not foreign, but foreign, nor foreign, but foreign, and in brief, that I canotcannot find any where foreign or foreign in the tranſlators of the old, or writers of the …
    With rule
    … an evil report, Num. 14.36. is, foreign not foreign, but foreign, nor foreign, but foreign, and in brief, that I canotcannot find any where foreign or foreign in the tranſlators of the old, or writers of the …

    Henry Hammond · Of the Power of the Keys · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … have before proved that Faith as an Act and abſolutely in it ſelf conſidered canotcannot juſtifie us; Or is it our inherent Graces? This is the expreſs Tenet of …
    With rule
    … have before proved that Faith as an Act and abſolutely in it ſelf conſidered canotcannot juſtifie us; Or is it our inherent Graces? This is the expreſs Tenet of …

    Edward Polhill · An Answer to William Sherlock · p. 459 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.