Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8104 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

runnesruns

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

Puritas changed it: 1,466 times in 643 works
Consistency: 98.6% (1,466 of 1,486)
Reach if approved: ~1,561 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: runs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,486 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,466 changes in 643 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,466)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Luther on Galath. Bez. 2 Cor. 3.11. Auguſt. de ſpirit. & lit. as is wonderfull! One Simile runnesruns after your fift ſection gone many a mile before, another looks hard after the …
With rule
… Luther on Galath. Bez. 2 Cor. 3.11. Auguſt. de ſpirit. & lit. as is wonderfull! One Simile runnesruns after your fift ſection gone many a mile before, another looks hard after the …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that my ſinnes bee taken away, yet my ſinne is alwaies before me, it runnesruns in my mind, I can haue no reſt for it. Yet againe remember, as …
With rule
… that my ſinnes bee taken away, yet my ſinne is alwaies before me, it runnesruns in my mind, I can haue no reſt for it. Yet againe remember, as …
William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were ſhut, without noiſe, that he might not waken the Friars; and ſo he runnesruns ouer all Chriſts miracles, and ſtill preferres Saint Dominicke. Further the ſame power was …
With rule
… were ſhut, without noiſe, that he might not waken the Friars; and ſo he runnesruns ouer all Chriſts miracles, and ſtill preferres Saint Dominicke. Further the ſame power was …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 348 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Fugit ab agro in ciuitatem, à publico ad domum, à domo in cubiculum. He runnesruns from the field into the Citie, from the Citie to his house, and in …
With rule
… Fugit ab agro in ciuitatem, à publico ad domum, à domo in cubiculum. He runnesruns from the field into the Citie, from the Citie to his house, and in …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aside: she hath an eye bent on the Mercie…seate, and a foote that runnesruns straight to it: she turnes not into Samaria, because she is offered lodging there …
With rule
… aside: she hath an eye bent on the Mercie…seate, and a foote that runnesruns straight to it: she turnes not into Samaria, because she is offered lodging there …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
Enter Cnemon in his robes crowned, Demeneta runnesruns to him and takes him in her armes.
With rule
Enter Cnemon in his robes crowned, Demeneta runnesruns to him and takes him in her armes.
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… Vine? Looke thou to be weeded vp, and throwne out. The bloud of Christ runnesruns fresh: but where is thy pipe of faith, to deriue it from his side …
With rule
… Vine? Looke thou to be weeded vp, and throwne out. The bloud of Christ runnesruns fresh: but where is thy pipe of faith, to deriue it from his side …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… corruption and mudde, and affoord ſomething towards the waſhing of others too, as it runnesruns along.
With rule
… corruption and mudde, and affoord ſomething towards the waſhing of others too, as it runnesruns along.
Robert Harris · Two Sermons 2 · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (20)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
RunnesRuns nimble descant on the plainest vices;
With rule
RunnesRuns nimble descant on the plainest vices;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
RunnesRuns 'twixt those hills: her hand (Arions touch)
With rule
RunnesRuns 'twixt those hills: her hand (Arions touch)
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
RunnesRuns forth to thee in streams of teares and prayers.
With rule
RunnesRuns forth to thee in streams of teares and prayers.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… But at last the worldes bedla…-musicke puts him into frenzi…: hee growes rampant. RunnesRuns into oppressions, extortions, depopulations, rapes, whordomes, murders, massacres: spares not bloud or friendship, authoritie …
With rule
… But at last the worldes bedla…-musicke puts him into frenzi…: hee growes rampant. RunnesRuns into oppressions, extortions, depopulations, rapes, whordomes, murders, massacres: spares not bloud or friendship, authoritie …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 136 · Open in the reader

A Brief Introduction to Geography A09258

Printed
… also is false. So then the riuer cannot runne either by (EB) or (DB); RunnesRuns it then circularly by the line (CW…?) This seemes probable, and the rather because …
With rule
… also is false. So then the riuer cannot runne either by (EB) or (DB); RunnesRuns it then circularly by the line (CW…?) This seemes probable, and the rather because …
William Pemble · A Brief Introduction to Geography · p. 21 · Open in the reader

A Buckler Against the Fear of Death A17129

Printed
RunnesRuns uncontrolledly into the mire
With rule
RunnesRuns uncontrolledly into the mire
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

The Righteous Mans Tower A21054

Printed
… is his Power, Providence, Mercy, and Goodneſſe to a man having recourſe to him. RunnesRuns into it. It is the metaphor continued, men in danger of a purſuing enemy …
With rule
… is his Power, Providence, Mercy, and Goodneſſe to a man having recourſe to him. RunnesRuns into it. It is the metaphor continued, men in danger of a purſuing enemy …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man open to the danger. But when the Tower is ſtrong, and a man RunnesRuns, then is a man in ſafety. Now thus it is in Running to God …
With rule
… man open to the danger. But when the Tower is ſtrong, and a man RunnesRuns, then is a man in ſafety. Now thus it is in Running to God …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in Chriſt, conceives the entrance impoſſible, and the gate ſhut againſt him, and therefore RunnesRuns not to this Tower. As therefore wee would be able to Runne to this …
With rule
… in Chriſt, conceives the entrance impoſſible, and the gate ſhut againſt him, and therefore RunnesRuns not to this Tower. As therefore wee would be able to Runne to this …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Righteous runnesruns into it, want hath Runne, or doth ſometimes runne, but he RunnesRuns, hee is alwayes running, hee makes it his conſtant worke, he goes on ſetledly …
With rule
… the Righteous runnesruns into it, want hath Runne, or doth ſometimes runne, but he RunnesRuns, hee is alwayes running, hee makes it his conſtant worke, he goes on ſetledly …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… RunnesRuns. The Righteous walkes not, goes not, they are but ſlow motions, but he RunnesRuns. Running is a motion of ſpeed, a motion of haſt. Ionathan commands his lad …
With rule
… RunnesRuns. The Righteous walkes not, goes not, they are but ſlow motions, but he RunnesRuns. Running is a motion of ſpeed, a motion of haſt. Ionathan commands his lad …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Righteous Mans Tower · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Midnights Meditations of Death A77759

Printed
RunnesRuns uncontrolledly into the mire
With rule
RunnesRuns uncontrolledly into the mire
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader