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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27122 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

knovvsknows

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

Puritas changed it
52 times in 15 works
Consistency
100% (52 of 52)
Reach if approved
~55 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: knows
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
52 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (52 changes in 15 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 52)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … better then we know our own Hearts, who is greater then our hearts, and KNOVVSKNOWS all things He knows whereof we are made, his eyes did ſee our ſubſtance …
    With rule
    … better then we know our own Hearts, who is greater then our hearts, and KNOVVSKNOWS all things He knows whereof we are made, his eyes did ſee our ſubſtance …

    Faithful Teate · A Discourse Grounded on Proverbs · p. 271 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … faith or ſalvation for men, upon condition that they will do that vvhich he knovvsknows is as impoſſible for them to do, as it is for a Blackmore to …
    With rule
    … faith or ſalvation for men, upon condition that they will do that vvhich he knovvsknows is as impoſſible for them to do, as it is for a Blackmore to …

    Thomas Whitfield · Vindication of the Doctrine of Gods Absolute Decree · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … our ſelves, every proud man is a Fool, a Fool in this, Becauſe he knovvsknows not himſelf, he doth not give a right judgment of himſelf.
    With rule
    … our ſelves, every proud man is a Fool, a Fool in this, Becauſe he knovvsknows not himſelf, he doth not give a right judgment of himſelf.

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Four Books on Matthew 11 · p. 513 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … down, a time for every thing, ſaith the vviſe man; novv I ſay, he knovvsknows the time and ſeaſon, he does every thing in his time. If ye come …
    With rule
    … down, a time for every thing, ſaith the vviſe man; novv I ſay, he knovvsknows the time and ſeaſon, he does every thing in his time. If ye come …

    Hugh Binning · Heart Humiliation · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and beleeve there is a God, and this God an all-ſeeing God, vvho knovvsknows thy heart and ſpirit. And as hee is all eye to ſee, ſo hee …
    With rule
    … and beleeve there is a God, and this God an all-ſeeing God, vvho knovvsknows thy heart and ſpirit. And as hee is all eye to ſee, ſo hee …

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 339 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … no Creature had ever been, God vvould have knovvn vvhat Sin vvas, becauſe he knovvsknows his ovvn Holineſs; becauſe he knevv vvhat Lavv vvas fit to be appointed to …
    With rule
    … no Creature had ever been, God vvould have knovvn vvhat Sin vvas, becauſe he knovvsknows his ovvn Holineſs; becauſe he knevv vvhat Lavv vvas fit to be appointed to …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 288 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Man, vvithout an immediate extraordinary Revelation, to knovv but that eternal death, vvhich he knovvsknows he hath deſerved, and not eternal life, vvhich he cannot poſſibly deſerve, ſhall be …
    With rule
    … Man, vvithout an immediate extraordinary Revelation, to knovv but that eternal death, vvhich he knovvsknows he hath deſerved, and not eternal life, vvhich he cannot poſſibly deſerve, ſhall be …

    William Lorimer · Apology for the Ministers Who Subscribed · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Fools to a Child of God; they knovv the Secrets of Nature, and he knovvsknows the God of Nature; they dispute about the chiefest good, and he enjoys it …
    With rule
    … Fools to a Child of God; they knovv the Secrets of Nature, and he knovvsknows the God of Nature; they dispute about the chiefest good, and he enjoys it …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 646 · 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.