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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27176 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvheelswheels

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

Puritas changed it
36 times in 11 works
Consistency
100% (36 of 36)
Reach if approved
~38 places (estimated)
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Agrees: wheels
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
36 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (36 changes in 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 36)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Mount and Lebanon! Why is his Chariot ſo long in coming? why ſtay the VVheelsWheels of his Chariot? Come Lord Jeſus, come quickly, break down the walls of this …
    With rule
    … Mount and Lebanon! Why is his Chariot ſo long in coming? why ſtay the VVheelsWheels of his Chariot? Come Lord Jeſus, come quickly, break down the walls of this …

    Oliver Heywood · A New Creature · p. 161 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    And broken Chariot VVheelsWheels, so thick bestrown
    With rule
    And broken Chariot VVheelsWheels, so thick bestrown

    John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    3 That their chariot vvheelswheels vvere ſmitten off in the night, ſo that they drove uneaſily.
    With rule
    3 That their chariot vvheelswheels vvere ſmitten off in the night, ſo that they drove uneaſily.

    Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to his own glory better then my ebbe thoughts can dream of, & that the vvheelswheels & paces of this poor distempered Kirk are in his hands, & that things shall roll …
    With rule
    … to his own glory better then my ebbe thoughts can dream of, & that the vvheelswheels & paces of this poor distempered Kirk are in his hands, & that things shall roll …

    Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 287 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … influence in the managing of all. Things may seem to us to run upon VVheelsWheels, (as men speak) to go at random, or to fall out by chance, but …
    With rule
    … influence in the managing of all. Things may seem to us to run upon VVheelsWheels, (as men speak) to go at random, or to fall out by chance, but …

    Matthew Mead · The Vision of the Wheels Opened and Applied · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … He was born, he lived, he ſuffered, he died, and thus runne round the vvheelswheels of thoſe miſerable times; When] he had by himſelf purged our ſinnes.
    With rule
    … He was born, he lived, he ſuffered, he died, and thus runne round the vvheelswheels of thoſe miſerable times; When] he had by himſelf purged our ſinnes.

    Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … may meet with many ſtops, yet it never ſtands ſtill. Though ſome of the VVheelsWheels ſeem to be fixt, yet others are moving which we ſee not. In thoſe …
    With rule
    … may meet with many ſtops, yet it never ſtands ſtill. Though ſome of the VVheelsWheels ſeem to be fixt, yet others are moving which we ſee not. In thoſe …

    John Chishull · A Word to Israel in the Wilderness · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    And all those VVheelsWheels transverse, and cross in motion.
    With rule
    And all those VVheelsWheels transverse, and cross in motion.

    John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · p. 106 · 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.