Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27228 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hovvsoeverhowsoever

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

Puritas changed it: 26 times in 18 works
Consistency: 100% (26 of 26)
Reach if approved: ~27 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: howsoever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 26 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (26 changes in 18 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 26)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as Donatus, ſeperate from the Church for that cauſe; and for himſelfe, he profeſſed (hovvſoeverhowsoever he held as he did touching the Baptiſme of Iohn) ſe non acturum pugnaciter …
With rule
… as Donatus, ſeperate from the Church for that cauſe; and for himſelfe, he profeſſed (hovvſoeverhowsoever he held as he did touching the Baptiſme of Iohn) ſe non acturum pugnaciter …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · Open in the reader
Printed
… things vvhich are vvorſe; becauſe they are ſerviceable to the things vvhich are better. HovvſoeverHowsoever he reſerves the mention of the better till aftervvard; Yet he vvould give us …
With rule
… things vvhich are vvorſe; becauſe they are ſerviceable to the things vvhich are better. HovvſoeverHowsoever he reſerves the mention of the better till aftervvard; Yet he vvould give us …
Richard Holdsworth · The Peoples Happiness · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the only Weapon vvhereby he repelled him vvas the Scripture, to teach us that hovvſoeverhowsoever he doth aſſault us, vve muſt betake our ſelves to the Word of God …
With rule
… the only Weapon vvhereby he repelled him vvas the Scripture, to teach us that hovvſoeverhowsoever he doth aſſault us, vve muſt betake our ſelves to the Word of God …
Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you ſee hovv carefull vvee ſhould be to avoid ſuch vvorks of ſinne, ſince hovvſoeverhowsoever othervviſe vve may ſeeme to do ſome things pleafing unto God, yet they do …
With rule
… you ſee hovv carefull vvee ſhould be to avoid ſuch vvorks of ſinne, ſince hovvſoeverhowsoever othervviſe vve may ſeeme to do ſome things pleafing unto God, yet they do …
John Rainolds · The Prophecy of Haggai Interpreted and Applied · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I aunſvver, But this is the generall eſtate both of our Miniſters and Churches, hovvſoeverhowsoever one or tvvo amongſt hūdreths or thouſands may thinke othervviſe, ſhevv the contrary if …
With rule
… I aunſvver, But this is the generall eſtate both of our Miniſters and Churches, hovvſoeverhowsoever one or tvvo amongſt hūdreths or thouſands may thinke othervviſe, ſhevv the contrary if …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… agree in that teſtimony with themſelves, then can vve not ſafely receive their teſtimony, hovvſoeverhowsoever they may bring great ſhame vpon themſelves and may have their mouthes ſtopped thereby …
With rule
… agree in that teſtimony with themſelves, then can vve not ſafely receive their teſtimony, hovvſoeverhowsoever they may bring great ſhame vpon themſelves and may have their mouthes ſtopped thereby …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 367 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purpose is to prove himself an Apostle, in the most strict, and propper sense, (hovvsoeverhowsoever Mr B. tri…les) contrary to the false insinuations of his adversaries, which bare …
With rule
… purpose is to prove himself an Apostle, in the most strict, and propper sense, (hovvsoeverhowsoever Mr B. tri…les) contrary to the false insinuations of his adversaries, which bare …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · Open in the reader
Printed
… which you borrow of Master Parsons, or of the F…ench … le mon…) that hovvsoeverhowsoever in times past, vvhile Rome kept the Apostolike faith, a man v…ted to …
With rule
… which you borrow of Master Parsons, or of the F…ench … le mon…) that hovvsoeverhowsoever in times past, vvhile Rome kept the Apostolike faith, a man v…ted to …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 73 · 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.