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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8819 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

smalnessesmallness

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

Puritas changed it
172 times in 136 works
Consistency
98.2% (172 of 175)
Reach if approved
~184 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: smallness
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
175 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (172 changes in 136 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 172)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … who of the Iewes beleeued in Chriſt, it could hardly be, but by the ſmalneſſesmallness of the number, they ſhould gather that the whole ſtock of Abraham was reiected …
    With rule
    … who of the Iewes beleeued in Chriſt, it could hardly be, but by the ſmalneſſesmallness of the number, they ſhould gather that the whole ſtock of Abraham was reiected …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … their hands: and though their wealth bee not ſo great in quantitie, yet the ſmalneſſesmallness thereof is recompenſed in qualitie, and good vſe of it, and therefore is called …
    With rule
    … their hands: and though their wealth bee not ſo great in quantitie, yet the ſmalneſſesmallness thereof is recompenſed in qualitie, and good vſe of it, and therefore is called …

    John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 9-10 · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … by antiquitie contrarie to noueltie, by succession contrarie to interruption: by vniuersalitie, contrarie to smalnessesmallness of number: by vniformitie, contrarie to diuision: and by eminence of doctrine, contrarie to …
    With rule
    … by antiquitie contrarie to noueltie, by succession contrarie to interruption: by vniuersalitie, contrarie to smalnessesmallness of number: by vniformitie, contrarie to diuision: and by eminence of doctrine, contrarie to …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Buckler of the Faith · p. 292 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … name before this Sermon of The Extent of Gods Providence. In regard of the ſmalneſſesmallness of it, it is indeed but as a little Pamphlet, and (as here publiſhed …
    With rule
    … name before this Sermon of The Extent of Gods Providence. In regard of the ſmalneſſesmallness of it, it is indeed but as a little Pamphlet, and (as here publiſhed …

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    5 Fluvius a Riuer, which from the pleasantnesse is also called Amnis; from the smalnessesmallness of it Rivus.
    With rule
    5 Fluvius a Riuer, which from the pleasantnesse is also called Amnis; from the smalnessesmallness of it Rivus.

    William Pemble · A Brief Introduction to Geography · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Phylosophers say, that the least naturall things are not sensible, by reason of their smalnessesmallness; so may, and doth it too easily fall out, that we fail through want …
    With rule
    … Phylosophers say, that the least naturall things are not sensible, by reason of their smalnessesmallness; so may, and doth it too easily fall out, that we fail through want …

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … by the place where it is on earth, and by the accidents of whiteneſſe, ſmalneſſesmallness, roundneſſe, and by that it becometh in time to bee ſubiect to bee mouldy …
    With rule
    … by the place where it is on earth, and by the accidents of whiteneſſe, ſmalneſſesmallness, roundneſſe, and by that it becometh in time to bee ſubiect to bee mouldy …

    Walter Travers · Justification of the Religion Now Professed in England · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and broken, vnlesse we committe some mortall sinnes. For veniall sinnes, either for the smalnessesmallness of the matter, or want of consideration, are not so opposite to the law …
    With rule
    … and broken, vnlesse we committe some mortall sinnes. For veniall sinnes, either for the smalnessesmallness of the matter, or want of consideration, are not so opposite to the law …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 261 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … his providence preserved them. For some Pamphlets are produced, which for their Cheapnesse and SmalnesseSmallness men for the present neglect to buy, presuming they may procure them at their …
    With rule
    … his providence preserved them. For some Pamphlets are produced, which for their Cheapnesse and SmalnesseSmallness men for the present neglect to buy, presuming they may procure them at their …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 39 · Open in the reader