Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27097 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvitnesswitness

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it: 72 times in 41 works
Consistency: 100% (72 of 72)
Reach if approved: ~76 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: witness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 72 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (72 changes in 41 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 72)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… or many: if it be not so, I vvill be woe to be a vvitnesswitness against them. Use prayer, love not the world, be humble and esteem little of …
With rule
… or many: if it be not so, I vvill be woe to be a vvitnesswitness against them. Use prayer, love not the world, be humble and esteem little of …
Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Inheritance, Ezek. 46. 16. 'Tis firmly Promiſed, 1 John 2. 25. and with an Oath, Heb. 6. 17. before ſufficient VVitneſsWitness, … John 5. 7. an Earneſt whereof is alſo given, Eph. 1. 14.
With rule
… by Inheritance, Ezek. 46. 16. 'Tis firmly Promiſed, 1 John 2. 25. and with an Oath, Heb. 6. 17. before ſufficient VVitneſsWitness, … John 5. 7. an Earneſt whereof is alſo given, Eph. 1. 14.
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is become not only your erudition, and your Religion, but even your nature alſo. VVitneſsWitness thoſe your Gracious Letters, and Proclamations; the perfect model of a mind that is …
With rule
… is become not only your erudition, and your Religion, but even your nature alſo. VVitneſsWitness thoſe your Gracious Letters, and Proclamations; the perfect model of a mind that is …
John Gaule · Admonition Moving to Moderation · Open in the reader
Printed
… the True Church, who keep the Commandments of God, and hold the Teſtimony, the VVitneſsWitness, the Martyry of Jeſus.
With rule
… the True Church, who keep the Commandments of God, and hold the Teſtimony, the VVitneſsWitness, the Martyry of Jeſus.
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… compare the State of the one with the other, and there needs no further VVitneſsWitness. VVhat brought the Trade both of this Place and ſome others in England, but …
With rule
… compare the State of the one with the other, and there needs no further VVitneſsWitness. VVhat brought the Trade both of this Place and ſome others in England, but …
John Collinges · The Weavers Pocket-Book · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… experienced the most direful suffering, to whom the Almighty hath been most long-suffering. VVitnessWitness the deplorable state of the hardned Iews, to whom the most singular favour was …
With rule
… experienced the most direful suffering, to whom the Almighty hath been most long-suffering. VVitnessWitness the deplorable state of the hardned Iews, to whom the most singular favour was …
Thomas Gouge · Gods Call to England · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we aim at, but contrariwiſe, the Honour of the ever bleſſed God, and to VVitneſsWitness to the Sanction of every one of his Juſt and moſt Holy Precepts, we …
With rule
… we aim at, but contrariwiſe, the Honour of the ever bleſſed God, and to VVitneſsWitness to the Sanction of every one of his Juſt and moſt Holy Precepts, we …
Hanserd Knollys · The Gospel Ministers Maintenance Vindicated · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… live in obedience to the manifeſtation of Gods Spirit, that they may come to vvitneſswitness every evil Luſt of the heart, and corrupt deſire of the mind, vvhich are …
With rule
… live in obedience to the manifeſtation of Gods Spirit, that they may come to vvitneſswitness every evil Luſt of the heart, and corrupt deſire of the mind, vvhich are …
Thomas Mall · Truth Held Forth and Maintained · p. 136 · 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.