Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27316 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvaxwax

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

Puritas changed it: 18 times in 14 works
Consistency: 100% (18 of 18)
Reach if approved: ~19 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wax
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 18 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (18 changes in 14 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 18)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the beck of each frivolous Opinion, juſt as if they were a Noſe of VVaxWax But Paul hath ſufficiently declared what he means, when he ſaith, That the righteouſneſs …
With rule
… the beck of each frivolous Opinion, juſt as if they were a Noſe of VVaxWax But Paul hath ſufficiently declared what he means, when he ſaith, That the righteouſneſs …
Henry Lavor · Replies made to the Anti-queries of Thomas Lye · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is applied doth leaue the impreſſion of it ſelfe, moſt liuely in the vvaxwax vvhere into it is ſet, ſo that all the forme, the ſhape, and marks …
With rule
… it is applied doth leaue the impreſſion of it ſelfe, moſt liuely in the vvaxwax vvhere into it is ſet, ſo that all the forme, the ſhape, and marks …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if he never get greater victorie in other battels, it vvilbe long yer he vvaxwax rich vvith the ſpoiles. Let him that readeth conſider vvhat one ſcripture or reaſon …
With rule
… if he never get greater victorie in other battels, it vvilbe long yer he vvaxwax rich vvith the ſpoiles. Let him that readeth conſider vvhat one ſcripture or reaſon …
Hugh Broughton · Certain Questions · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing before his eies, he vſeth a particle demonſtratiue, Behold, or loe, they ſhall vvaxwax old as doth a garment, the moth ſhall conſume them. The Pſalmiſt vſeth the …
With rule
… thing before his eies, he vſeth a particle demonſtratiue, Behold, or loe, they ſhall vvaxwax old as doth a garment, the moth ſhall conſume them. The Pſalmiſt vſeth the …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 533 · Open in the reader
Printed
… It yeilds Mines of gold, and Diamonds, Bezar, Musk, Lignum Aloes, Amber, Sanguis Draconum, VVaxWax, Rice, and Rattoons. Her chief haven Towns are Socodania, and Bemermassin.
With rule
… It yeilds Mines of gold, and Diamonds, Bezar, Musk, Lignum Aloes, Amber, Sanguis Draconum, VVaxWax, Rice, and Rattoons. Her chief haven Towns are Socodania, and Bemermassin.
Samuel Clarke · A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… glory, and of that fullneſſe of glory, we receive grace for grace, as the VVaxWax receives letter for letter from the Seale; or as the child receives lymb for …
With rule
… glory, and of that fullneſſe of glory, we receive grace for grace, as the VVaxWax receives letter for letter from the Seale; or as the child receives lymb for …
Walter Cradock · Gospel Holiness · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy parting knocks, and turn dſt the Key upon us, our hearts melted like vvaxwax, and our Souls vvere filled vvith the Odours of thy ſweet-ſmelling Myrrh. On …
With rule
… thy parting knocks, and turn dſt the Key upon us, our hearts melted like vvaxwax, and our Souls vvere filled vvith the Odours of thy ſweet-ſmelling Myrrh. On …
Samuel Stodden · The Voice of the Rod · Open in the reader
Printed
… tasted) instructing thee, hovv thou mayest with him hold on in thy vvay, and vvaxwax stronger and stronger; yea, hovv thou mayst surmount all difficulties, othervvise insuperable, as carried …
With rule
… tasted) instructing thee, hovv thou mayest with him hold on in thy vvay, and vvaxwax stronger and stronger; yea, hovv thou mayst surmount all difficulties, othervvise insuperable, as carried …
John Brown · The Life of Faith in Times of Trial and Affliction · 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.