Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27113 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sorrovvsorrow

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

Puritas changed it: 57 times in 39 works
Consistency: 100% (57 of 57)
Reach if approved: ~60 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sorrow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 57 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (57 changes in 39 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 57)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and to bee vtterly ſpoiled of him, vvhich vvas to him more griefe and ſorrovvsorrow than a very kinde of death it ſelfe.
With rule
… and to bee vtterly ſpoiled of him, vvhich vvas to him more griefe and ſorrovvsorrow than a very kinde of death it ſelfe.
John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… could and vvould have ſtrengthned the infirmity of their bodies, and have kept their ſorrovvsorrow from exceſſe.
With rule
… could and vvould have ſtrengthned the infirmity of their bodies, and have kept their ſorrovvsorrow from exceſſe.
John Angier · A Help to Better Hearts for Better Times · p. 461 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſhaving of the head in Job might be a ſigne both of his ſorrovvsorrow and great reproach that vvas come upon him, being one novv that vvas ready …
With rule
… the ſhaving of the head in Job might be a ſigne both of his ſorrovvsorrow and great reproach that vvas come upon him, being one novv that vvas ready …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any one action may diſquiet conſcience, and may coſt us a great deal of ſorrovvsorrow and trouble; Ergo.
With rule
… any one action may diſquiet conſcience, and may coſt us a great deal of ſorrovvsorrow and trouble; Ergo.
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant · p. 667 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is not to be blamed for their destruction, or for any misery, calamity or sorrovvsorrow, that is upon them, for in me thy help hath been, I have been …
With rule
… is not to be blamed for their destruction, or for any misery, calamity or sorrovvsorrow, that is upon them, for in me thy help hath been, I have been …
William Guthrie · Sermon on Hosea 13:9 · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… troubling, and the Weary be at reſt. 3. There is a Reſt from Paſſion and SorrovvSorrow: no Grief ſhall afflict us there. 4. Which is better than all, there is a …
With rule
… troubling, and the Weary be at reſt. 3. There is a Reſt from Paſſion and SorrovvSorrow: no Grief ſhall afflict us there. 4. Which is better than all, there is a …
Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do: and therfore ſo long as vve deſire to make our ſin our greateſt ſorrovvsorrow, and iudge our ſelues for our ſecurity, ſo long as vve giue all entertainmēt …
With rule
… do: and therfore ſo long as vve deſire to make our ſin our greateſt ſorrovvsorrow, and iudge our ſelues for our ſecurity, ſo long as vve giue all entertainmēt …
Robert Harris · Absoloms Funeral · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… elſe coulde that ſaying of Chriſt bee verified, In the vvorld you ſhall haue ſorrovvsorrow: howbeit the temptation of one is greater and heauier than of another? As it …
With rule
… elſe coulde that ſaying of Chriſt bee verified, In the vvorld you ſhall haue ſorrovvsorrow: howbeit the temptation of one is greater and heauier than of another? As it …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 261 · 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.