Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7401 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unlesunless

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 432 times in 191 works
Consistency: 96.8% (432 of 446)
Reach if approved: ~469 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 446 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (432 changes in 191 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 432)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… tender ſpirit about this point, that they think they have no communion with God, unlesunless they have met with God in an heart-chearing, and an heart-comforting way …
With rule
… tender ſpirit about this point, that they think they have no communion with God, unlesunless they have met with God in an heart-chearing, and an heart-comforting way …
Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 306 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then in Saul; God never ſaid, that Davids office was after his own heart, unlesunless ſin and great wickednes be after Gods heart; God gave Saul gifts, he had …
With rule
… then in Saul; God never ſaid, that Davids office was after his own heart, unlesunless ſin and great wickednes be after Gods heart; God gave Saul gifts, he had …
John Cook · Monarchy No Creature of Gods Making · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thou canſt never be humbled unlesunless thou believe this truth▪ a man is never humbled as long as he excuſes …
With rule
Thou canſt never be humbled unlesunless thou believe this truth▪ a man is never humbled as long as he excuſes …
William Fenner · Willful Impenitency · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Allthough a proviſionall clauſe, unlesunless provoked to the contrary, in the cloſe thereof, gives them a latitude of breaking …
With rule
2. Allthough a proviſionall clauſe, unlesunless provoked to the contrary, in the cloſe thereof, gives them a latitude of breaking …
Joseph Hill · The Interest of These United Provinces · Open in the reader
Printed
… vſurpation over them, and may be vnder the guidance & Cenſure of the Civill Magiſtrats; unlesunless by ſuch an indifferent Tryall as is heere Offered, the Prelats ſhall iuſtify their …
With rule
… vſurpation over them, and may be vnder the guidance & Cenſure of the Civill Magiſtrats; unlesunless by ſuch an indifferent Tryall as is heere Offered, the Prelats ſhall iuſtify their …
Henry Jacob · A Christian and Modest Offer · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into any form es and senses, a dead letter; no better then Aesops fables, unlesunless she give authority to them. This is the voice of the Antichristian harlot, who …
With rule
… into any form es and senses, a dead letter; no better then Aesops fables, unlesunless she give authority to them. This is the voice of the Antichristian harlot, who …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enjoied, not only for that yeer; but for the time that ſhould afterward follow: unlesunless themſelves by ſom new act or deed of theirs ſhould com in bondage, or …
With rule
… enjoied, not only for that yeer; but for the time that ſhould afterward follow: unlesunless themſelves by ſom new act or deed of theirs ſhould com in bondage, or …
Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Reader may ſee how litle his memory is to be truſted in theſe reports, unlesunless the profaning of Gods ordinance, and the incouragement of Libertines, be not unlawfull, which …
With rule
… Reader may ſee how litle his memory is to be truſted in theſe reports, unlesunless the profaning of Gods ordinance, and the incouragement of Libertines, be not unlawfull, which …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · p. 123 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

Postscript to the Letter of the Reconcileableness of Gods Presence A44686

Printed
… was not a Divine Will) Or God must depend on the human will, &c. UnlesUnless he can shew that the human will cannot be said to depend on the …
With rule
… was not a Divine Will) Or God must depend on the human will, &c. UnlesUnless he can shew that the human will cannot be said to depend on the …
John Howe · Postscript to the Letter of the Reconcileableness of Gods Presence · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Poor Mans Case A80410

Printed
… much fear a Dearth, tis a fond obſervation that a famine followes the Sword, UnlesUnless the Husbandman cannot Labour, and be diſabled by the war, for when God gives …
With rule
… much fear a Dearth, tis a fond obſervation that a famine followes the Sword, UnlesUnless the Husbandman cannot Labour, and be diſabled by the war, for when God gives …
John Cook · The Poor Mans Case · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Antinominanism Discovered A85825

Printed
… of themſelves; they dare not meddle with them, until they be prepared by Chriſt. UnlesUnless this Autor can, or dare ſay, that men may and can believ on Chriſt …
With rule
… of themſelves; they dare not meddle with them, until they be prepared by Chriſt. UnlesUnless this Autor can, or dare ſay, that men may and can believ on Chriſt …
Thomas Gataker · Antinominanism Discovered · p. 24 · Open in the reader

A Mistake A85829

Printed
… of themſelvs; they dare not medale with them, until they be prepared by Chriſt. UnlesUnless this Autor can, or dare ſay, that men may and can believ on Chriſt …
With rule
… of themſelvs; they dare not medale with them, until they be prepared by Chriſt. UnlesUnless this Autor can, or dare ſay, that men may and can believ on Chriſt …
Thomas Gataker · A Mistake · p. 24 · Open in the reader

John Lilb Tried and Cast A86094

Printed
… never to ſee England ſo long as Cromwels hatefull, deteſtable, and beaſtly tyranny laſteth, UNLESUNLESS IT BE IN A WAY TO PURSUE HIM AS THE GRANDEST TYRANT AND TRAITOR …
With rule
… never to ſee England ſo long as Cromwels hatefull, deteſtable, and beaſtly tyranny laſteth, UNLESUNLESS IT BE IN A WAY TO PURSUE HIM AS THE GRANDEST TYRANT AND TRAITOR …
Arthur Hesilrige · John Lilb Tried and Cast · p. 105 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Monarchy A86917

Printed
… of recalling that Supremacie which by Oath and Contract they themſelves transferred on another: UnlesUnless we make this Oath and Contract leſſe binding then private ones, diſſoluble at pleaſure …
With rule
… of recalling that Supremacie which by Oath and Contract they themſelves transferred on another: UnlesUnless we make this Oath and Contract leſſe binding then private ones, diſſoluble at pleaſure …
Philip Hunton · A Treatise of Monarchy · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent 2 B11736

Printed
… their callings, offices, administrations, and meanes of maintainance, ordained by Christ in his testament? UnlesUnless any man in his right wits, Maister Can onely excepted, will deeme this a …
With rule
… their callings, offices, administrations, and meanes of maintainance, ordained by Christ in his testament? UnlesUnless any man in his right wits, Maister Can onely excepted, will deeme this a …
William Bradshaw · The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent 2 · p. 26 · Open in the reader