Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27159 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvatchingwatching

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

Puritas changed it: 40 times in 24 works
Consistency: 100% (40 of 40)
Reach if approved: ~42 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: watching
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 40 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (40 changes in 24 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 40)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… much more work lieth upon Parents beſides teaching them to read the Scriptures; as, VVatchingWatching over them, Reproof, Correction, &c.
With rule
… much more work lieth upon Parents beſides teaching them to read the Scriptures; as, VVatchingWatching over them, Reproof, Correction, &c.
Owen Stockton · A Treatise of Family Instruction · p. 285 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hindred, 1 Pet. 3. 7. and Prayer is an Awakening Exerciſe, which therefore is oft joyned with VVatchingWatching, 1 Pet. 4. 7. Luke 21. 36. Col. 4. 2. Eph. 6. 18. Such alſo may ſpeak oft one to another, as Mal …
With rule
… hindred, 1 Pet. 3. 7. and Prayer is an Awakening Exerciſe, which therefore is oft joyned with VVatchingWatching, 1 Pet. 4. 7. Luke 21. 36. Col. 4. 2. Eph. 6. 18. Such alſo may ſpeak oft one to another, as Mal …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 311 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we take in hand, ſo our vvatchingwatching may bee; there is one kind of vvatchingwatching for one kind of duty, another for another. If vve be to go about …
With rule
… we take in hand, ſo our vvatchingwatching may bee; there is one kind of vvatchingwatching for one kind of duty, another for another. If vve be to go about …
William Fenner · The Continuation of Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who spake the word of God unto them, and were their guydes and governours, vvatchingwatching for their ſoules, as they that ſhould giue account, &c. where moreover the Apoſtle …
With rule
… who spake the word of God unto them, and were their guydes and governours, vvatchingwatching for their ſoules, as they that ſhould giue account, &c. where moreover the Apoſtle …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 272 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVatchingWatching by night, by day abroad he stale
With rule
VVatchingWatching by night, by day abroad he stale
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Tim. and Tit. A Bishop must bee unreproveable, the husband of one vvife, vvatchingwatching, sober, modest, harborous, apt to teach, not given to vvine, no stryker, nor given …
With rule
… to Tim. and Tit. A Bishop must bee unreproveable, the husband of one vvife, vvatchingwatching, sober, modest, harborous, apt to teach, not given to vvine, no stryker, nor given …
William Ames · Reply to Mortons Defense of Ceremonies · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we take in hand, ſo our vvatchingwatching may bee; there is one kind of vvatchingwatching for one kind of duty, another for another. If vve be to go about …
With rule
… we take in hand, ſo our vvatchingwatching may bee; there is one kind of vvatchingwatching for one kind of duty, another for another. If vve be to go about …
William Fenner · Four Profitable Treatises · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. There is a VVatchingWatching in Prayer, that the Duty be performed with that seriousness, attention and affection that …
With rule
2. There is a VVatchingWatching in Prayer, that the Duty be performed with that seriousness, attention and affection that …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 2 · p. 74 · 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.