Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7575 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

begannebegan

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 1,808 times in 462 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,808 of 1,812)
Reach if approved: ~1,905 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: began
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,813 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,808 changes in 462 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,808)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to continue in the faith of the gospell, & to beware of heresies, which thē begannebegan to spring and multiplie, in cleauing fast to the Tradition of the apostles, hée …
With rule
… to continue in the faith of the gospell, & to beware of heresies, which thē begannebegan to spring and multiplie, in cleauing fast to the Tradition of the apostles, hée …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perſon, beynge at the tyme when the Pompe of the Romayne byſhoppe or Antichriſte, begannebegan to exalte hym ſelfe aboue euerie thynge, that was god and godlie.
With rule
… perſon, beynge at the tyme when the Pompe of the Romayne byſhoppe or Antichriſte, begannebegan to exalte hym ſelfe aboue euerie thynge, that was god and godlie.
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
… duſt vpon the earth, and as there haue béen moments of time ſince time begannebegan: but this cannot be graunted: but when the Lord doth giue ouer his being …
With rule
… duſt vpon the earth, and as there haue béen moments of time ſince time begannebegan: but this cannot be graunted: but when the Lord doth giue ouer his being …
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
In the first age I begannebegan,
With rule
In the first age I begannebegan,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… right stirope, and so conducted the Pope in. As they sate together, Pope Hadrian begannebegan to talke in this maner. Princes (quoth hee) in olde time which came to …
With rule
… right stirope, and so conducted the Pope in. As they sate together, Pope Hadrian begannebegan to talke in this maner. Princes (quoth hee) in olde time which came to …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… who were not subiect vnto it themselues, it had not brought others vnder subiection; begannebegan now to challenge vniuersall obedience, and to enter into open conflict with those very …
With rule
… who were not subiect vnto it themselues, it had not brought others vnder subiection; begannebegan now to challenge vniuersall obedience, and to enter into open conflict with those very …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
Wherefore once againe I am to requeſt you, patiently to heare the reſt. I begannebegan to prooue the opinion of Dauid againſt Abiſhai (although many did hold with Abiſhai …
With rule
Wherefore once againe I am to requeſt you, patiently to heare the reſt. I begannebegan to prooue the opinion of Dauid againſt Abiſhai (although many did hold with Abiſhai …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lombarde retyring backe too Iewishe fables hale vs backe from the spirite wherei… wee begannebegan, vntoo the fleshe? and will you perswade vs to this newly forged substaunce of …
With rule
… Lombarde retyring backe too Iewishe fables hale vs backe from the spirite wherei… wee begannebegan, vntoo the fleshe? and will you perswade vs to this newly forged substaunce of …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 81 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

Printed
When Paul saith, v. 3. BeganneBegan ye in the spirit, &c. he teacheth a diuine instruction, that true godlines and …
With rule
When Paul saith, v. 3. BeganneBegan ye in the spirit, &c. he teacheth a diuine instruction, that true godlines and …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 166 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference A11006

Printed
… knowledge ſhall bee joyfull and pleaſant vnto vs. But heere I aske a queſtion, BeganneBegan God to loue vs then onelie, when wee begannebegan to knowe him? BeganneBegan not …
With rule
… knowledge ſhall bee joyfull and pleaſant vnto vs. But heere I aske a queſtion, BeganneBegan God to loue vs then onelie, when wee begannebegan to knowe him? BeganneBegan not …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 266 · Open in the reader
Printed
… queſtion, BeganneBegan God to loue vs then onelie, when wee begannebegan to knowe him? BeganneBegan not God to loue euerie one of vs, before wee knewe him? Appearinglie in …
With rule
… queſtion, BeganneBegan God to loue vs then onelie, when wee begannebegan to knowe him? BeganneBegan not God to loue euerie one of vs, before wee knewe him? Appearinglie in …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 266 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
I BeganneBegan yesterday to tell you wherefore Moses auoweth that There is but onely one God …
With rule
I BeganneBegan yesterday to tell you wherefore Moses auoweth that There is but onely one God …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 271 · Open in the reader