Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27382 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvatchmanwatchman

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

Puritas changed it: 13 times in 9 works
Consistency: 100% (13 of 13)
Reach if approved: ~14 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: watchman
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 13 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13 changes in 9 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 13)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… periſh in their Sins? Mind what God ſaith in that of Ezek. 3.18. Unto his VVatchmanWatchman, When I ſay unto the wicked, thou ſhalt ſurely dye, and thou giveſt him …
With rule
… periſh in their Sins? Mind what God ſaith in that of Ezek. 3.18. Unto his VVatchmanWatchman, When I ſay unto the wicked, thou ſhalt ſurely dye, and thou giveſt him …
Hanserd Knollys · The Gospel Ministers Maintenance Vindicated · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and their Duty herein is graphically expressed, Ezek. 34. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. When God placeth any as a VVatchmanWatchman for a People, one part of his Duty is to look diligently after the …
With rule
… and their Duty herein is graphically expressed, Ezek. 34. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. When God placeth any as a VVatchmanWatchman for a People, one part of his Duty is to look diligently after the …
John Owen · Testimony Unto the Goodness and Severity of God · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
18 He ſhall builde his houſe as a moth, and as a vvatchmanwatchman maketh his lodge.
With rule
18 He ſhall builde his houſe as a moth, and as a vvatchmanwatchman maketh his lodge.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 512 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them to ſleep, at leaſt not long. And if He doth not keep, the VVatchmanWatchman waketh but in vain, Pſal. 127. 1. therefore let us engage him (by our Prayer) to …
With rule
… them to ſleep, at leaſt not long. And if He doth not keep, the VVatchmanWatchman waketh but in vain, Pſal. 127. 1. therefore let us engage him (by our Prayer) to …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
The VVatchmanWatchman ſaid, The Morning cometh, and alſo the Night: If ye will inquire, inquire ye …
With rule
The VVatchmanWatchman ſaid, The Morning cometh, and alſo the Night: If ye will inquire, inquire ye …
Richard Love · The Watchmans Watchword · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… flee. As alſo when God condemned Cain, he pronounced that his ſinne plaid the vvatchmanwatchman at the doore. So, hee that deſpiſeth Gods iuſt iudgement, ſhall vex himſelfe in …
With rule
… flee. As alſo when God condemned Cain, he pronounced that his ſinne plaid the vvatchmanwatchman at the doore. So, hee that deſpiſeth Gods iuſt iudgement, ſhall vex himſelfe in …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 606 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnder Eſaies / which is the ſame with S. Paules. For when the title off vvatchmanwatchman, draweth a continuall care / and circumſpection ouer thoſe he watcheth: and the reader for …
With rule
… vnder Eſaies / which is the ſame with S. Paules. For when the title off vvatchmanwatchman, draweth a continuall care / and circumſpection ouer thoſe he watcheth: and the reader for …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCCLXXVI · Open in the reader
Printed
… Tarry beyond its Time; And therefore ſhould be able to Anſwer the Queſtion, VVatchmanWatchman, VVatchmanWatchman, what of the Night? Or how Near is the Morning? and who, as Perſons …
With rule
… Tarry beyond its Time; And therefore ſhould be able to Anſwer the Queſtion, VVatchmanWatchman, VVatchmanWatchman, what of the Night? Or how Near is the Morning? and who, as Perſons …
Thomas Beverley · An Apology for the Hope of the Kingdom of Christ Within 1697 · p. 24 · 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.