Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27290 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvatchmenwatchmen

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

Puritas changed it: 20 times in 14 works
Consistency: 100% (20 of 20)
Reach if approved: ~21 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: watchmen
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 20 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (20 changes in 14 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 20)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Watchmen. Parallel. VVAtchmenWatchmen have a Charge committed to them, and they ought to take heed they do …
With rule
Watchmen. Parallel. VVAtchmenWatchmen have a Charge committed to them, and they ought to take heed they do …
Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
They are VVatchmenWatchmen and therefore muſt give the people warning of enſuing danger.
With rule
They are VVatchmenWatchmen and therefore muſt give the people warning of enſuing danger.
Samuel Hieron · Aarons Bells · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whoſe place is ſo directlye oppoſite to ſuch vvicked hypocrites; and they ſtand as vvatchmenwatchmen to diſcouer them, and as Iudges to puniſh them.
With rule
… whoſe place is ſo directlye oppoſite to ſuch vvicked hypocrites; and they ſtand as vvatchmenwatchmen to diſcouer them, and as Iudges to puniſh them.
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… goe about the citie, by the streetes and open places, and enquire of the vvatchmenwatchmen, the ministers that go about the citie, if they did not see him whom …
With rule
… goe about the citie, by the streetes and open places, and enquire of the vvatchmenwatchmen, the ministers that go about the citie, if they did not see him whom …
William Burton · A Sermon Preached 21 December 1589 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diligence in preaching: that voice he ſpeaketh off / is the voice off the churches vvatchmenwatchmen▪ which title when yt can not agree vnto a ſimple reader / that hath no …
With rule
… diligence in preaching: that voice he ſpeaketh off / is the voice off the churches vvatchmenwatchmen▪ which title when yt can not agree vnto a ſimple reader / that hath no …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCCLXXVI · Open in the reader
Printed
The second instance is touching ambitious false teachers, or Idoll sheapherds. So Isayah, his vvatchmenwatchmen are blynd, they are dumb doggs, they cannot bark, they are greedy doggs, they …
With rule
The second instance is touching ambitious false teachers, or Idoll sheapherds. So Isayah, his vvatchmenwatchmen are blynd, they are dumb doggs, they cannot bark, they are greedy doggs, they …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader
Printed
… Great Day of Accounts, to pass for Men that have acquitted themselves, as Good VVatchmenWatchmen, if all the Time, whilst Sin and Death were advancing to make the People …
With rule
… Great Day of Accounts, to pass for Men that have acquitted themselves, as Good VVatchmenWatchmen, if all the Time, whilst Sin and Death were advancing to make the People …
John Kettlewell · Of Christian Communion · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Night, Luke 2. 8, 9. as if Chriſt had been onely born for them, v. 11. The VVatchmenWatchmen upon Mount Ephraim are Firſt heard to crie, Ariſe and let us goe up …
With rule
… by Night, Luke 2. 8, 9. as if Chriſt had been onely born for them, v. 11. The VVatchmenWatchmen upon Mount Ephraim are Firſt heard to crie, Ariſe and let us goe up …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 309 · 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.