Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7757 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

begunnebegun

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

Puritas changed it: 1,560 times in 559 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,560 of 1,566)
Reach if approved: ~1,645 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: begun
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,566 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,560 changes in 559 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,560)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… art found too light, heaven and salvation is departed from thee, thy sorrow is begunnebegun here, never to have end hereafter, but thou must continue in endlesse torments: thou …
With rule
… art found too light, heaven and salvation is departed from thee, thy sorrow is begunnebegun here, never to have end hereafter, but thou must continue in endlesse torments: thou …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirsil again his forced task begunnebegun,
With rule
Thirsil again his forced task begunnebegun,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Scripture. But nowe you see you can not preuaile against the translation, you haue begunnebegun so to translate the Scripture, as in many thinges it were as good not …
With rule
… Scripture. But nowe you see you can not preuaile against the translation, you haue begunnebegun so to translate the Scripture, as in many thinges it were as good not …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 529 · Open in the reader
Printed
… encense Gods wrath against himselfe. Againe for the destruction of the Kingdome of Iuda begunnebegun vnder Iechonias, and consummate vnder Zedekias; God determineth to destroy Iuda, as hee had …
With rule
… encense Gods wrath against himselfe. Againe for the destruction of the Kingdome of Iuda begunnebegun vnder Iechonias, and consummate vnder Zedekias; God determineth to destroy Iuda, as hee had …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 327 · Open in the reader
Printed
… continue in the obedience of any other Discipline, then that vvhich they have already begunnebegun to obey? This the B. seemes to have perceived, for he speakes only of …
With rule
… continue in the obedience of any other Discipline, then that vvhich they have already begunnebegun to obey? This the B. seemes to have perceived, for he speakes only of …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after God his kingdome and righteousnesse, are sufficiente argumentes of the worke of grace begunnebegun in vs, which shall so longe be continued by the good hande of our …
With rule
… after God his kingdome and righteousnesse, are sufficiente argumentes of the worke of grace begunnebegun in vs, which shall so longe be continued by the good hande of our …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man in the Goſpell? Mat. 19. was it not the loue of riches? Many haue begunnebegun well in their youth, and giuen good hope, but in their age haue growne …
With rule
… man in the Goſpell? Mat. 19. was it not the loue of riches? Many haue begunnebegun well in their youth, and giuen good hope, but in their age haue growne …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 271 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aſſwaged, and a loue of holines, and godlines, as it were a new iuyce begunnebegun in the ſoule. This is the firſt proper gift.
With rule
… aſſwaged, and a loue of holines, and godlines, as it were a new iuyce begunnebegun in the ſoule. This is the firſt proper gift.
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford A08356

Printed
… the ſecond at S^t Peters in the Eaſt, the reſt at S^t Maries Church. BegunneBegun in the yeare 1595. Decemb. XIIII.
With rule
… the ſecond at S^t Peters in the Eaſt, the reſt at S^t Maries Church. BegunneBegun in the yeare 1595. Decemb. XIIII.
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

Printed
BegunneBegun in part. And shall bee perfected in Gods time. 177.
With rule
BegunneBegun in part. And shall bee perfected in Gods time. 177.
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · Open in the reader