Originally Posted by armourbearer

The RV was not a revision of the AV, else it would have used the same originals, and would have retained about the same percentage of words as the AV borrowed from Tyndale. That percentage, it is worth noting, is usually calculated at 80%; and it is only the "words," not the whole text, that is considered. I regard such a high percentage as a benefit because it results in greater conformity between texts. This consistency would be true on a macro scale as well, if all of the vulgar reformation versions were taken into account (that is, with respect to sense).