Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27272 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grevvgrew

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

Puritas changed it: 21 times in 18 works
Consistency: 100% (21 of 21)
Reach if approved: ~22 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: grew
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 21 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (21 changes in 18 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 21)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… an untimely birth: or as infants vvhich never ſee the light; yea his diſtemper grevvgrew to that heighth that he breaks forth and cries out, O that it vvould …
With rule
… an untimely birth: or as infants vvhich never ſee the light; yea his diſtemper grevvgrew to that heighth that he breaks forth and cries out, O that it vvould …
James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvas cheap, vvould buy up all they could get, and keep it till it grevvgrew dear again, they vvould vvithhold their corn till it vvas dear, and then ſell …
With rule
… vvas cheap, vvould buy up all they could get, and keep it till it grevvgrew dear again, they vvould vvithhold their corn till it vvas dear, and then ſell …
Christopher Love · The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Heauens grim cloudie Countenance grevvgrew cleere,
With rule
The Heauens grim cloudie Countenance grevvgrew cleere,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader
Printed
… her bovvels vvhich turned almost to her death in the ende: for thereby defection grevvgrew by degrees, till ar… st under the Man of … it came to the heigth …
With rule
… her bovvels vvhich turned almost to her death in the ende: for thereby defection grevvgrew by degrees, till ar… st under the Man of … it came to the heigth …
David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… meate vvas taken avvay. And this vvas done ſo often, till at length he grevvgrew vveary of ſo many attempts in vaine, and prepared himſelfe for death, giuing vnto …
With rule
… meate vvas taken avvay. And this vvas done ſo often, till at length he grevvgrew vveary of ſo many attempts in vaine, and prepared himſelfe for death, giuing vnto …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
… arches four square, each square containing four hundred foot, filled above vvith earth, vvherein grevvgrew all sorts of trees and plants: the arches vvere built one upon another in …
With rule
… arches four square, each square containing four hundred foot, filled above vvith earth, vvherein grevvgrew all sorts of trees and plants: the arches vvere built one upon another in …
Samuel Clarke · A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Troop vvhich he hath forſaken) Let the Romaniſt knovv, that no ſuch Fruit ever grevvgrew upon the root of Proteſtant Doctrines, vvhich abhor and deteſt all ſuch Principles, and …
With rule
… Troop vvhich he hath forſaken) Let the Romaniſt knovv, that no ſuch Fruit ever grevvgrew upon the root of Proteſtant Doctrines, vvhich abhor and deteſt all ſuch Principles, and …
Simon Ford · The Loyal Subjects Indignation · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… earth vvhen he curſed it after Adams fall, vvhen he drown'd it, after it grevvgrew full of cruelty.
With rule
… earth vvhen he curſed it after Adams fall, vvhen he drown'd it, after it grevvgrew full of cruelty.
Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 102 · 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.