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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27254 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shovvshow

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

Puritas changed it
23 times in 11 works
Consistency
100% (23 of 23)
Reach if approved
~24 places (estimated)
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
23 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (23 changes in 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 23)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … maintained the union and conjunction of his Majeſties Dominions; So in this, vve shall shovvshow hovv vveakly he hath guarded his life, againſt ſuch as vvould oppoſe themſelves unto …
    With rule
    … maintained the union and conjunction of his Majeſties Dominions; So in this, vve shall shovvshow hovv vveakly he hath guarded his life, againſt ſuch as vvould oppoſe themſelves unto …

    James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 379 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Angels are called Seraphims, from an Hebrew word vvhich signifies to burn, to shovvshow hovv the Angels are all on fire, Psal. 104.4. they burn in Love and Zeal …
    With rule
    … the Angels are called Seraphims, from an Hebrew word vvhich signifies to burn, to shovvshow hovv the Angels are all on fire, Psal. 104.4. they burn in Love and Zeal …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 517 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … than comes from a ſingle flovver or a graine of ſpice. As likewiſe to ſhovvshow 2. that as from every flovver in a bundle, there comes a ſvveet ſmell; even …
    With rule
    … than comes from a ſingle flovver or a graine of ſpice. As likewiſe to ſhovvshow 2. that as from every flovver in a bundle, there comes a ſvveet ſmell; even …

    William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … mine, for I haue said he shall receiue it of me, vvhich he shall shovvshow vnto you. Wherfore it is euident that the Father, the Sonne and the holy …
    With rule
    … mine, for I haue said he shall receiue it of me, vvhich he shall shovvshow vnto you. Wherfore it is euident that the Father, the Sonne and the holy …

    Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Declaration in his Preface to the Pope, by whose command hee vvrote, doeth evidentlie shovvshow the contrarie.
    With rule
    … Declaration in his Preface to the Pope, by whose command hee vvrote, doeth evidentlie shovvshow the contrarie.

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And this I hope may be sufficient to shovvshow hovv vntrue that is, vvhich is affirmed in the first part of the reason …
    With rule
    And this I hope may be sufficient to shovvshow hovv vntrue that is, vvhich is affirmed in the first part of the reason …

    Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … vvill be discovered. Only one thing I vvould most earnestly intreat, that he vvould shovvshow us but fayre play in these proceedings: to vvitt, that he vvould not breake …
    With rule
    … vvill be discovered. Only one thing I vvould most earnestly intreat, that he vvould shovvshow us but fayre play in these proceedings: to vvitt, that he vvould not breake …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſtraight vvalk, through a very maze and la…in…h of changes, and to shovvshow hovv that hath been their condition, and at laſt integrity hath brought them to …
    With rule
    … ſtraight vvalk, through a very maze and la…in…h of changes, and to shovvshow hovv that hath been their condition, and at laſt integrity hath brought them to …

    Robert Flemming · The Fulfilling of the Scripture · p. 147 · 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.