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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27407 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vveaknessesweaknesses

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

Puritas changed it
12 times in 8 works
Consistency
100% (12 of 12)
Reach if approved
~13 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: weaknesses
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 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Gospell of Christ hath such blotts cast upon it, by reason of the sinfull vveaknessesweaknesses of some, vvho take up the profession therof; Leaving (I say) all these, as …
    With rule
    … Gospell of Christ hath such blotts cast upon it, by reason of the sinfull vveaknessesweaknesses of some, vvho take up the profession therof; Leaving (I say) all these, as …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vve caſt vp our accounts, lay open our ſinnes, ſearch out our vvants and vveakneſſesweaknesses, ſeriouſly examine our hearts hovv vvee haue behaued our ſelues in the doing or …
    With rule
    … vve caſt vp our accounts, lay open our ſinnes, ſearch out our vvants and vveakneſſesweaknesses, ſeriouſly examine our hearts hovv vvee haue behaued our ſelues in the doing or …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 542 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of his own excellencies, but he hath not taken upon him any of our vveakneſſesweaknesses. God hath honoured man to give him ſomewhat of himſelf, but God ſhould diſhonour …
    With rule
    … of his own excellencies, but he hath not taken upon him any of our vveakneſſesweaknesses. God hath honoured man to give him ſomewhat of himſelf, but God ſhould diſhonour …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 379 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of a long conversation with these little People, before one can knovv all their vveaknessesweaknesses, and all their childish Crafts; vvhy they are froward, and how to vvin them …
    With rule
    … of a long conversation with these little People, before one can knovv all their vveaknessesweaknesses, and all their childish Crafts; vvhy they are froward, and how to vvin them …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Directions for the Education of a Young Prince · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … I am accused for giving in nothing of this Prelate, but his wants and vveaknessesweaknesses, it vvill not be long before my innocence herein vvill appeare.
    With rule
    … I am accused for giving in nothing of this Prelate, but his wants and vveaknessesweaknesses, it vvill not be long before my innocence herein vvill appeare.

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    3. Conſider how many Temptations and Soul diſcouraging VVeakneſſesWeaknesses your Miniſters lye under continually, both from within and without, if ſenſible of the …
    With rule
    3. Conſider how many Temptations and Soul diſcouraging VVeakneſſesWeaknesses your Miniſters lye under continually, both from within and without, if ſenſible of the …

    Hanserd Knollys · The Gospel Ministers Maintenance Vindicated · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    1. By hiding their vveakneſſesweaknesses, which in truth in regard of that conjugall union betwixt them, are their ovvn …
    With rule
    1. By hiding their vveakneſſesweaknesses, which in truth in regard of that conjugall union betwixt them, are their ovvn …

    John Brinsley · A Looking-glass for Good Women · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … upon everie occaſion that ariſeth amongſt the profeſſors of Chriſt, by reaſon of their vveakneſſesweaknesses, and perſonall ſinnes and infirmities, open their mouthes to ſpeake evil of the vvaie …
    With rule
    … upon everie occaſion that ariſeth amongſt the profeſſors of Chriſt, by reaſon of their vveakneſſesweaknesses, and perſonall ſinnes and infirmities, open their mouthes to ſpeake evil of the vvaie …

    Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 19 · 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.