Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1188 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whichewhich

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 34,707 times in 381 works
Consistency: 99.9% (34,707 of 34,713)
Reach if approved: ~36,477 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: which
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 34,716 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (34,707 changes in 381 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 34,707)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of al their successours, through an hundred handes before it come vnto vs. By whichewhich vncertaintie of the Tradition, a wyde gate is opened vnto Satan, to bring in …
With rule
… of al their successours, through an hundred handes before it come vnto vs. By whichewhich vncertaintie of the Tradition, a wyde gate is opened vnto Satan, to bring in …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſette aboue all the hyghe mountaynes great glori, pompe, & pride of this world. The whichewhich glorye beinge publiſhed by Chriſt, and his Apoſtles it brought forth fruyte throughoute the …
With rule
… ſette aboue all the hyghe mountaynes great glori, pompe, & pride of this world. The whichewhich glorye beinge publiſhed by Chriſt, and his Apoſtles it brought forth fruyte throughoute the …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
WhicheWhich was vnto them, a preachynge of the Gospell
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WhicheWhich was vnto them, a preachynge of the Gospell
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… scholemaster in his youthe, and still continued a retayner towarde hym. Then the woman whichewhich we said was founde in the house, being taken and broughte before them, confessed …
With rule
… scholemaster in his youthe, and still continued a retayner towarde hym. Then the woman whichewhich we said was founde in the house, being taken and broughte before them, confessed …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. XlII · Open in the reader
Printed
… deede could it be without ſome diminution of faith, patience, and obedience in Chriſt, whichewhich God forbid. In deede God forbid that: Farre be it from vs to think …
With rule
… deede could it be without ſome diminution of faith, patience, and obedience in Chriſt, whichewhich God forbid. In deede God forbid that: Farre be it from vs to think …
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much as once fauourably speake of Idols. And last as the scriptures be infallible, whichewhich pronounceth, that God maye not abide, that our bodies serue the deuyll in ioyning …
With rule
… much as once fauourably speake of Idols. And last as the scriptures be infallible, whichewhich pronounceth, that God maye not abide, that our bodies serue the deuyll in ioyning …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
Our owne, whichewhich boeth Angels in heauen, & men vpon earth, had perfectlie by creation. They in a …
With rule
Our owne, whichewhich boeth Angels in heauen, & men vpon earth, had perfectlie by creation. They in a …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would vse good pollicie. Nowe for these obseruations, I haue aunswered before sufficiently, by whichewhich, as by the reste of myne answeres, I truste it shall appeere, to euery …
With rule
… would vse good pollicie. Nowe for these obseruations, I haue aunswered before sufficiently, by whichewhich, as by the reste of myne answeres, I truste it shall appeere, to euery …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

Printed
… Apostle say thus, Ephes. 3. By whom we haue boldnes and entrance with THE CONFIDEHCE WHICHEWHICH Is by the faith of him, or (as in an other Bible, which is …
With rule
… Apostle say thus, Ephes. 3. By whom we haue boldnes and entrance with THE CONFIDEHCE WHICHEWHICH Is by the faith of him, or (as in an other Bible, which is …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 349 · Open in the reader

A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London A04917

Printed
WHicheWhich by the ſelfe doth offende the maieſtie of God / reaſinge alſo / debate / ſtryfe / hatered …
With rule
WHicheWhich by the ſelfe doth offende the maieſtie of God / reaſinge alſo / debate / ſtryfe / hatered …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · p. ix · Open in the reader

A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel A14463

Printed
WHicheWhich be the principall pointes that he requireth of man, eſpecially concerning the perſon and …
With rule
WHicheWhich be the principall pointes that he requireth of man, eſpecially concerning the perſon and …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
WHicheWhich is the other pointe that thou haſt yet to expounde concerning the difference whereof …
With rule
WHicheWhich is the other pointe that thou haſt yet to expounde concerning the difference whereof …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
WHicheWhich is the principall cauſe that maketh thys Sacrifice of Ieſus Chryſte ſo perfecte, in …
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WHicheWhich is the principall cauſe that maketh thys Sacrifice of Ieſus Chryſte ſo perfecte, in …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 203 · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Workmanship of the World A19803

Printed
WHicheWhich then bee the principall partes of the world, whereof the ſcripture maketh mention?
With rule
WHicheWhich then bee the principall partes of the world, whereof the ſcripture maketh mention?
Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · Open in the reader