Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #94 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

striuestrive

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 4,790 times in 830 works
Consistency: 100% (4,790 of 4,790)
Reach if approved: ~5,034 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: strive
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,791 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,790 changes in 830 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,790)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Yea hence let the wife learne what she is to striuestrive to, and labour for, that she may be indeed a good gift of God …
With rule
Yea hence let the wife learne what she is to striuestrive to, and labour for, that she may be indeed a good gift of God …
Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be taught to beholde the madnes of the children of this world, they ſtriuestrive and indeuour againſt God, no wiſelier, then if one ſhould run his head againſt …
With rule
… may be taught to beholde the madnes of the children of this world, they ſtriuestrive and indeuour againſt God, no wiſelier, then if one ſhould run his head againſt …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… let you vnderſtande whyche are the ennemyes to Chriſt his kyngdome, that you do ſtriuestrive in vayne there againſt mark that Balaam prouoked bi y^e king, Balaac colde ſpeake …
With rule
… let you vnderſtande whyche are the ennemyes to Chriſt his kyngdome, that you do ſtriuestrive in vayne there againſt mark that Balaam prouoked bi y^e king, Balaac colde ſpeake …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… the coworking, nor comfort himſelf without the aid & compaſſion of another. But if he ſtriuestrive to doe it, or can doe it in ſomethings yet it is altogether imperfectly …
With rule
… the coworking, nor comfort himſelf without the aid & compaſſion of another. But if he ſtriuestrive to doe it, or can doe it in ſomethings yet it is altogether imperfectly …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
Keeping] This faith we muſt continually ſtriuestrive and wreſtle for: as Sathan neuer ceaſeth to ſhake and to oppugne it. The …
With rule
Keeping] This faith we muſt continually ſtriuestrive and wreſtle for: as Sathan neuer ceaſeth to ſhake and to oppugne it. The …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would wishe therfore all such as with so gaye a countenaunce of religion doe striuestrive so lustely about the prerogatiue of the Romish Sea, to haue an especiall regard …
With rule
… would wishe therfore all such as with so gaye a countenaunce of religion doe striuestrive so lustely about the prerogatiue of the Romish Sea, to haue an especiall regard …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by them, that we and you do by repenting and repentaunce, wee would not striuestrive with you for termes: but that you haue an other meaning in them appeareth …
With rule
… by them, that we and you do by repenting and repentaunce, wee would not striuestrive with you for termes: but that you haue an other meaning in them appeareth …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 360 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in their other féeble fortresses? why do you so exclaime against tradition, & vnwritten veritie, & striuestrive so much for your Castle of only scripture say they? know you not that …
With rule
… in their other féeble fortresses? why do you so exclaime against tradition, & vnwritten veritie, & striuestrive so much for your Castle of only scripture say they? know you not that …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.