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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27229 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

knovvestknowest

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

Puritas changed it
26 times in 17 works
Consistency
100% (26 of 26)
Reach if approved
~27 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: knowest
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 17 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 26)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    15 KnovveſtKnowest thou hovv God hath ſet them a lavve, and hovve hee maketh the light …
    With rule
    15 KnovveſtKnowest thou hovv God hath ſet them a lavve, and hovve hee maketh the light …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 747 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    …ou knovvestknowest not vvhom thou haſt ſo blaſphemed;
    With rule
    …ou knovvestknowest not vvhom thou haſt ſo blaſphemed;

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 241 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … sayest thou arte rych and increased vvith goodes, and hast neede of nothing, and knovvestknowest not hovv thou arte vvretched and myserable, poore, blynd, and naked. 10. I counsell thee …
    With rule
    … sayest thou arte rych and increased vvith goodes, and hast neede of nothing, and knovvestknowest not hovv thou arte vvretched and myserable, poore, blynd, and naked. 10. I counsell thee …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſayeſt: I am rich and encreaſed vvith goodes, and haue neede of nothing, and knovveſtknowest not hovv thou art vvretched and miſerable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.
    With rule
    … ſayeſt: I am rich and encreaſed vvith goodes, and haue neede of nothing, and knovveſtknowest not hovv thou art vvretched and miſerable, and poore, and blinde, and naked.

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 269 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    1 Boaſt not of to morrovv, becauſe thou knovveſtknowest not vvhat a day may bring forth.
    With rule
    1 Boaſt not of to morrovv, becauſe thou knovveſtknowest not vvhat a day may bring forth.

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … hes appointed this meaſure of ſinne, that is God: I know it not, thou knovveſtknowest it not, and therefore it is ouer preſiumptuous a thing, when thou ſeeſt a …
    With rule
    … hes appointed this meaſure of ſinne, that is God: I know it not, thou knovveſtknowest it not, and therefore it is ouer preſiumptuous a thing, when thou ſeeſt a …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … he deliuereth not vp a sinner for euer. But looke hovv long time thou knovvestknowest thy selfe to haue offended, so long doe thou humble thy selfe to God …
    With rule
    … he deliuereth not vp a sinner for euer. But looke hovv long time thou knovvestknowest thy selfe to haue offended, so long doe thou humble thy selfe to God …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 393 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … evill ſociety, leaſt their kind vvords ſo vvorke upon thy yeelding nature, that thou knovveſtknowest not hovv to deny: they are ſuch as have taken the Devills oath of …
    With rule
    … evill ſociety, leaſt their kind vvords ſo vvorke upon thy yeelding nature, that thou knovveſtknowest not hovv to deny: they are ſuch as have taken the Devills oath of …

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 858 · 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.