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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27276 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvaveswaves

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: waves
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
  1. Printed
    … soul. What with barkings of conscience, and with the too heavy burthen of sinne, vvaveswaves of fearfull thoughts, blustering blasts, and surging storms of Gods heavy displeasure, he vvas …
    With rule
    … soul. What with barkings of conscience, and with the too heavy burthen of sinne, vvaveswaves of fearfull thoughts, blustering blasts, and surging storms of Gods heavy displeasure, he vvas …

    Robert Bolton · The Last Conflicts and Death of Thomas Peacock · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … heaven, and anon down to the deep. A man vvho is toſſed with ſuch vvaveswaves of unbelief, ſtaggers like a drunken man, in his practice and profeſſion; he is …
    With rule
    … heaven, and anon down to the deep. A man vvho is toſſed with ſuch vvaveswaves of unbelief, ſtaggers like a drunken man, in his practice and profeſſion; he is …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 273 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    If God can check the VVavesWaves by smallest Sand,
    With rule
    If God can check the VVavesWaves by smallest Sand,

    John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    And the proud Sea's unruly VVavesWaves
    With rule
    And the proud Sea's unruly VVavesWaves

    Matthew Henry · Family-Hymns out of Davids Psalms · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    And all that's rare, as Tribute from the VVavesWaves:
    With rule
    And all that's rare, as Tribute from the VVavesWaves:

    Robert Wild · A Panegyric to the King · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Great Men reel, feeling their Foundations like Rolling Sands, or Tumbling VVavesWaves before the Lord.
    With rule
    Great Men reel, feeling their Foundations like Rolling Sands, or Tumbling VVavesWaves before the Lord.

    Peter Sterry · The Coming Forth of Christ in the Power of His Death · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    My croſſes come thicke, as Iobs meſſengers, or as vvaveswaves of the Sea, one in the necke of another; changes of ſorrowes, armies of …
    With rule
    My croſſes come thicke, as Iobs meſſengers, or as vvaveswaves of the Sea, one in the necke of another; changes of ſorrowes, armies of …

    John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 89 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Chriſtians life can no more bee vvithout ſorrovves, then the Sea can bee vvithout vvaveswaves and flovvings.
    With rule
    … Chriſtians life can no more bee vvithout ſorrovves, then the Sea can bee vvithout vvaveswaves and flovvings.

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 390 · 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.