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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27107 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvantingwanting

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

Puritas changed it
61 times in 43 works
Consistency
100% (61 of 61)
Reach if approved
~64 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wanting
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
61 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (61 changes in 43 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 61)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that booke with my Hymnes therevnto, annexed (according to the Kings Command) or if vvantingwanting it, a reasonable excuse be made; or a promise to prouide it according to …
    With rule
    … that booke with my Hymnes therevnto, annexed (according to the Kings Command) or if vvantingwanting it, a reasonable excuse be made; or a promise to prouide it according to …

    George Wither · The Scholars Purgatory Discovered · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … intreat their kinde assistance, for amending that which is amisse; by adding what is vvantingwanting, cutting off whatsoeuer is superfluous, changing what is vnbefitting, and reducing euery thing into …
    With rule
    … intreat their kinde assistance, for amending that which is amisse; by adding what is vvantingwanting, cutting off whatsoeuer is superfluous, changing what is vnbefitting, and reducing euery thing into …

    John Brinsley · The Grammar School · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … or the of Leyden (from whō vve heard not in this tyme) ſhould be vvantingwanting or fayling in any thing hereabout: (as vvho in ſuch difficulties and troubles are …
    With rule
    … or the of Leyden (from whō vve heard not in this tyme) ſhould be vvantingwanting or fayling in any thing hereabout: (as vvho in ſuch difficulties and troubles are …

    Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of the people of God against covetousness, and to fortifie against all fears of vvantingwanting vvhat is necessary and competent) there is a five-fold negative in the promise …
    With rule
    … of the people of God against covetousness, and to fortifie against all fears of vvantingwanting vvhat is necessary and competent) there is a five-fold negative in the promise …

    James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 413 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Abiathar the Prieſt, and behold they eat and drink before him: (there is nothing vvantingwanting for ſo royall an entertainment) But me even me thy Servant and Zadock the …
    With rule
    … Abiathar the Prieſt, and behold they eat and drink before him: (there is nothing vvantingwanting for ſo royall an entertainment) But me even me thy Servant and Zadock the …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … a Believer, and they might be fat and flouriſhing, if they vvere not vvretchedly vvantingwanting to themſelves; they complain, and complain, but never mind it; to eat, to feed …
    With rule
    … a Believer, and they might be fat and flouriſhing, if they vvere not vvretchedly vvantingwanting to themſelves; they complain, and complain, but never mind it; to eat, to feed …

    John Murcot · Several Works · p. 630 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … had an orderly unanimous and plenarie election, all vvhich, as I haue ſhevved, vvere vvantingwanting in the former. Neither did ever the ſaid king infringe any of their liberties …
    With rule
    … had an orderly unanimous and plenarie election, all vvhich, as I haue ſhevved, vvere vvantingwanting in the former. Neither did ever the ſaid king infringe any of their liberties …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſtande vp, and ſaye, The Scripture of GOD is not perfect, but obſcure and vvantingwanting: I tell you, one daye theſe blaſphemers (for all their out-crying) ſhall haue …
    With rule
    … ſtande vp, and ſaye, The Scripture of GOD is not perfect, but obſcure and vvantingwanting: I tell you, one daye theſe blaſphemers (for all their out-crying) ſhall haue …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 316 · 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.