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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27219 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvantedwanted

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

Puritas changed it
29 times in 24 works
Consistency
100% (29 of 29)
Reach if approved
~30 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wanted
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
29 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (29 changes in 24 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 29)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … purpoſe, Exod. 1.1. to ſet all Leahs ſonnes together: that Dan ſhould have Leſhem: or vvantedwanted learned ſight to avoyd our ttanſlations errours, and to follovv the lerned Rabbines deep …
    With rule
    … purpoſe, Exod. 1.1. to ſet all Leahs ſonnes together: that Dan ſhould have Leſhem: or vvantedwanted learned ſight to avoyd our ttanſlations errours, and to follovv the lerned Rabbines deep …

    Hugh Broughton · Certain Questions · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    The Ievves church vvantedwanted nothing to that perfection, vvherin the Lord vvould haue it then, and many thinges …
    With rule
    The Ievves church vvantedwanted nothing to that perfection, vvherin the Lord vvould haue it then, and many thinges …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DCXXXIX · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſenſitive eyes and eares, yea, they had a rationall heart or minde, but they vvantedwanted a ſpirituall eye to ſee, a ſpirituall care to heare, a ſpirituall heart or …
    With rule
    … ſenſitive eyes and eares, yea, they had a rationall heart or minde, but they vvantedwanted a ſpirituall eye to ſee, a ſpirituall care to heare, a ſpirituall heart or …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 431 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Goods, and what was deare to them as men, and as Chriſtians, howbeit it vvantedwanted the formality of the authority of Soveraine, Parliament or Councel. No man vvho vvill …
    With rule
    … Goods, and what was deare to them as men, and as Chriſtians, howbeit it vvantedwanted the formality of the authority of Soveraine, Parliament or Councel. No man vvho vvill …

    James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 160 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … his Crozure, as Ʋliſſes did Therſites with his golden Scepter. Now, although the Knight vvantedwanted not many Noble and vvorthie friends, and ſome of your Lordſhips Sacred order, who …
    With rule
    … his Crozure, as Ʋliſſes did Therſites with his golden Scepter. Now, although the Knight vvantedwanted not many Noble and vvorthie friends, and ſome of your Lordſhips Sacred order, who …

    Humphrey Lynde · The Ancient Doctrine of the Church of England · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … had, our fear and truſt to God would bee the ſame as if we vvantedwanted them: For vve would knowe, that further then God did ſend forth his vvord …
    With rule
    … had, our fear and truſt to God would bee the ſame as if we vvantedwanted them: For vve would knowe, that further then God did ſend forth his vvord …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … teacheth vs this, in all ages the greateſt men haue fallen down miſerably, vvho vvantedwanted this Spirit to be their guarde. In one vvorde, Let all the vvorlde guarde …
    With rule
    … teacheth vs this, in all ages the greateſt men haue fallen down miſerably, vvho vvantedwanted this Spirit to be their guarde. In one vvorde, Let all the vvorlde guarde …

    Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the vnitie of the persons in the Godhed. Such a phrase the Geek tongue vvantedwanted: therefore the Apostles admit of the Greek propriety, doing the ful dutie of translators …
    With rule
    … the vnitie of the persons in the Godhed. Such a phrase the Geek tongue vvantedwanted: therefore the Apostles admit of the Greek propriety, doing the ful dutie of translators …

    Henry Ainsworth · A Defense of the Holy Scriptures · p. 49 · 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.