Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27329 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvanderwander

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

Puritas changed it: 17 times in 13 works
Consistency: 100% (17 of 17)
Reach if approved: ~18 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wander
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 17 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (17 changes in 13 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 17)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2 As a ſparrovv [vſeth] to vvanderwander, and a ſwallovv to flie, ſo the curſe vvhich is cauſeleſſe, ſhall not come.
With rule
2 As a ſparrovv [vſeth] to vvanderwander, and a ſwallovv to flie, ſo the curſe vvhich is cauſeleſſe, ſhall not come.
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to seek him vvith the vvhole heart, so he would not suffer vs to vvanderwander from his commaundements, to the right hand, or to the left.
With rule
… to seek him vvith the vvhole heart, so he would not suffer vs to vvanderwander from his commaundements, to the right hand, or to the left.
John Robinson · The Lawfulness of Hearing of the Ministers of the Church of England · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to deale thy bread to the hungrie, and that thou bring the poore that vvanderwander vnto thy house, vvhen thou seest the naked that thou couer him? Then it …
With rule
… to deale thy bread to the hungrie, and that thou bring the poore that vvanderwander vnto thy house, vvhen thou seest the naked that thou couer him? Then it …
Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 477 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe craue, it vvil be no hard matter to discerne the vvoodues, though they vvanderwander in sheepes cloathing, by the noyse of their howling, and o descrie the asse …
With rule
… doe craue, it vvil be no hard matter to discerne the vvoodues, though they vvanderwander in sheepes cloathing, by the noyse of their howling, and o descrie the asse …
William Burton · A Sermon Preached 21 December 1589 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Therefore with the Prophet this ſhall alwayes be my prayer: O let mee not vvanderwander from thy Commaundements; Remove from mee the vvay of Lying; And take not the …
With rule
… Therefore with the Prophet this ſhall alwayes be my prayer: O let mee not vvanderwander from thy Commaundements; Remove from mee the vvay of Lying; And take not the …
John Canne · A Stay Against Straying · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee vvill grant you the concluſion. And that therein you may not erre nor vvanderwander out of the vvay: you muſt firſt know, that that is a right Conſtitution …
With rule
… wee vvill grant you the concluſion. And that therein you may not erre nor vvanderwander out of the vvay: you muſt firſt know, that that is a right Conſtitution …
John Darrell · A Treatise of the Church · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVanderWander now here, now there, and none their wants
With rule
VVanderWander now here, now there, and none their wants
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he leads us, we goe right; if hee vvithdraw, vve turne aſide, and quickly vvanderwander from the way of truth and righteouſneſſe. We have nothing of our owne but …
With rule
… he leads us, we goe right; if hee vvithdraw, vve turne aſide, and quickly vvanderwander from the way of truth and righteouſneſſe. We have nothing of our owne but …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 431 · 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.