Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27335 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grovvngrown

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

Puritas changed it: 16 times in 15 works
Consistency: 100% (16 of 16)
Reach if approved: ~17 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: grown
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 16 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (16 changes in 15 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 16)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The wiſe, (till they are grovvngrown too wiſe to learn)
With rule
The wiſe, (till they are grovvngrown too wiſe to learn)
George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
thou art alſo grovvngrown thick.
With rule
thou art alſo grovvngrown thick.
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… children vvere not baptized, to prove it: eſpecially that ſhe had ſervants, or other grovvngrown perſons in her houſe, and that they vvere converted, and were the only houſhold …
With rule
… children vvere not baptized, to prove it: eſpecially that ſhe had ſervants, or other grovvngrown perſons in her houſe, and that they vvere converted, and were the only houſhold …
Richard Blinman · A Rejoinder to Henry Danvers · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both in educating them ſuitably to their proper diſpoſitions and inclinations; and afterwards being grovvngrown up and fitted for further Improvements, in perfecting theſe Beginnings to them. In that …
With rule
… both in educating them ſuitably to their proper diſpoſitions and inclinations; and afterwards being grovvngrown up and fitted for further Improvements, in perfecting theſe Beginnings to them. In that …
Thomas Horton · The Unrighteous Mammon Exchanged for the True Riches · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gen. 21.2, 3. Circumciſed, ver. 4. Nurſed up by Sarah with great Delight, ver. 6, 7. and then vvhen grovvngrown up, and fit for hard Meat, he vvas weaned, ver. 8. Vajiggamal Hebr. Ablactatus, but …
With rule
… Gen. 21.2, 3. Circumciſed, ver. 4. Nurſed up by Sarah with great Delight, ver. 6, 7. and then vvhen grovvngrown up, and fit for hard Meat, he vvas weaned, ver. 8. Vajiggamal Hebr. Ablactatus, but …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… down to the Earth with the hand. Was not that Dutch-ſin of Drunkenneſs grovvngrown to a very great heighth amongſt us? Whilſt vve vvere in War vvith their …
With rule
… down to the Earth with the hand. Was not that Dutch-ſin of Drunkenneſs grovvngrown to a very great heighth amongſt us? Whilſt vve vvere in War vvith their …
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of manners, and it is needleſſe for us to do thus till vve be grovvngrown in yeares. For young men do commonly make account that they ſhall live long …
With rule
… of manners, and it is needleſſe for us to do thus till vve be grovvngrown in yeares. For young men do commonly make account that they ſhall live long …
Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and compare it to the Popes roaring Bull? hovv can this Iſhmael that is grovvngrown up, and become a ſcoffer of Iſaac, hope to keep his reputation among them …
With rule
… and compare it to the Popes roaring Bull? hovv can this Iſhmael that is grovvngrown up, and become a ſcoffer of Iſaac, hope to keep his reputation among them …
Lewis Stuckley · Manifest Truth · p. 23 · 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.