Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27389 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

backvvardbackward

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

Puritas changed it: 12 times in 9 works
Consistency: 100% (12 of 12)
Reach if approved: ~13 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: backward
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 12 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12 changes in 9 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… iudgements. But it fel not out ſo: for the ſtone being ſo heauie, fell backvvardbackward vpon him: & breaking a table that vvas amongſt the beames, the ſtone and the …
With rule
… iudgements. But it fel not out ſo: for the ſtone being ſo heauie, fell backvvardbackward vpon him: & breaking a table that vvas amongſt the beames, the ſtone and the …
John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 308 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may diſcharge them? hovv they thriue and increaſe, or hovv they decay and goe backvvardbackward in their ſpirituall eſtate, till at laſt they prooue Banquerupts in all grace and …
With rule
… may diſcharge them? hovv they thriue and increaſe, or hovv they decay and goe backvvardbackward in their ſpirituall eſtate, till at laſt they prooue Banquerupts in all grace and …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 613 · Open in the reader
Printed
Near to the Banks of Thame, vvhere backvvardbackward flovvs,
With rule
Near to the Banks of Thame, vvhere backvvardbackward flovvs,
George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they haue provoked the Holy one of Iſraell to anger, they are gone avvay backvvardbackward, &c. Heare the vvord of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodome, giue eare unto …
With rule
… they haue provoked the Holy one of Iſraell to anger, they are gone avvay backvvardbackward, &c. Heare the vvord of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodome, giue eare unto …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſunne alvvaies to be in motion. The ſunne neuer ſtādeth ſtill, nor goeth backvvardbackward but by miracle, ſoe vve that are the ſonnes of god should neither ſtand …
With rule
… the ſunne alvvaies to be in motion. The ſunne neuer ſtādeth ſtill, nor goeth backvvardbackward but by miracle, ſoe vve that are the ſonnes of god should neither ſtand …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the terme, that, the Scripture giues it: euery man is borne vvith a backvvardbackward hart, bowed downward from God. And therefore, what thing ſhould thou craue to the …
With rule
… is the terme, that, the Scripture giues it: euery man is borne vvith a backvvardbackward hart, bowed downward from God. And therefore, what thing ſhould thou craue to the …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the other, and he will trauell to get himſelfe forvvard, and put his companion backvvardbackward. This earthly race is with enuie, and euery one would take the feet from …
With rule
… the other, and he will trauell to get himſelfe forvvard, and put his companion backvvardbackward. This earthly race is with enuie, and euery one would take the feet from …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 311 · Open in the reader
Printed
… comforts in vvhich vve might end and close up our dayes, there vve are backvvardbackward, and have shift upon shift. This is added for the further explication of it …
With rule
… comforts in vvhich vve might end and close up our dayes, there vve are backvvardbackward, and have shift upon shift. This is added for the further explication of it …
Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 218 · 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.