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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27300 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvouldstwouldst

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

Puritas changed it
20 times in 12 works
Consistency
100% (20 of 20)
Reach if approved
~21 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wouldst
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 12 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 20)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … light of the ſpirite in thy heart, if Paul ſhould come and preach thou vvouldſtwouldst perſecute him: yea if Chriſt him ſelfe ſhould come in proper perſon, thou wouldſt …
    With rule
    … light of the ſpirite in thy heart, if Paul ſhould come and preach thou vvouldſtwouldst perſecute him: yea if Chriſt him ſelfe ſhould come in proper perſon, thou wouldſt …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    SEcondly, if thou vvouldstwouldst reclaime thy selfe from this vice, have a speciall care to refraine the company …
    With rule
    SEcondly, if thou vvouldstwouldst reclaime thy selfe from this vice, have a speciall care to refraine the company …

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 709 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Yea, Vſe 2 the Truth now deliuered, is of vſe to priuate perſons. VVouldſtWouldst thou that art a priuate perſon, be moſt fit to counſell, to admoniſh, to …
    With rule
    Yea, Vſe 2 the Truth now deliuered, is of vſe to priuate perſons. VVouldſtWouldst thou that art a priuate perſon, be moſt fit to counſell, to admoniſh, to …

    Edward Elton · The Complaint of a Sanctified Sinner Answered · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … presence of God, as thou art for continuance with Earth and Sin! Then thou vvouldstwouldst rather look through the windows, and cry through the lattises, Why is his chariot …
    With rule
    … presence of God, as thou art for continuance with Earth and Sin! Then thou vvouldstwouldst rather look through the windows, and cry through the lattises, Why is his chariot …

    Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 590 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … hath done to me, I will reward him according as he hath deſerved. Prov. 24. 29. VVouldſtWouldst thou live in peace and win thine enemy? the way to do this is …
    With rule
    … hath done to me, I will reward him according as he hath deſerved. Prov. 24. 29. VVouldſtWouldst thou live in peace and win thine enemy? the way to do this is …

    James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    By this thou vvouldstwouldst prooue playne,
    With rule
    By this thou vvouldstwouldst prooue playne,

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    VVOuldstWouldst thou be freed, ô my soule, from that death which is the wages of …
    With rule
    VVOuldstWouldst thou be freed, ô my soule, from that death which is the wages of …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    O that thou vvouldstwouldst on me so cast
    With rule
    O that thou vvouldstwouldst on me so cast

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · 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.