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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27493 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vveedsweeds

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

Puritas changed it
9 times in 8 works
Consistency
100% (9 of 9)
Reach if approved
~9 places (estimated)
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Agrees: weeds
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
9 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vvith aſtoniſhment hovv they dare preſume to miniſter before Ieſus Chriſt, in the garments, vveedsweeds, and offices of the Locuſtes of the bottomles pit: hovv they dare preſſe to …
    With rule
    … vvith aſtoniſhment hovv they dare preſume to miniſter before Ieſus Chriſt, in the garments, vveedsweeds, and offices of the Locuſtes of the bottomles pit: hovv they dare preſſe to …

    John Penry · The History of Korah · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … three daies, Exod. 10.22. for then the heauens were in a maner clothed vvith mourning vveedsweeds, becauſe as a faire and cleare day glads our hearts, ſo a darke and …
    With rule
    … three daies, Exod. 10.22. for then the heauens were in a maner clothed vvith mourning vveedsweeds, becauſe as a faire and cleare day glads our hearts, ſo a darke and …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 529 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … there an Ear? a few handful of Ears to whole Sheaves of Tares and VVeedsWeeds? VVill you call that a fruitful Tree which hath but two or three Berries …
    With rule
    … there an Ear? a few handful of Ears to whole Sheaves of Tares and VVeedsWeeds? VVill you call that a fruitful Tree which hath but two or three Berries …

    Richard Alleine · A Rebuke to Backsliders and a Spur for Loiterers · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … more confirm'd to think the laſt Apoſtacie is come, not onely becauſe all the VVeedsWeeds appear foretold, but that Self-ſeeking and Covetouſneſs, firſt named, are higher and ranker …
    With rule
    … more confirm'd to think the laſt Apoſtacie is come, not onely becauſe all the VVeedsWeeds appear foretold, but that Self-ſeeking and Covetouſneſs, firſt named, are higher and ranker …

    John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … by the Apoſtatized Angels, if by any; and to be of thoſe Tares, or VVeedsWeeds, that ſuch have ſowen among the wheat of the lawful and laudable ſtudy and …
    With rule
    … by the Apoſtatized Angels, if by any; and to be of thoſe Tares, or VVeedsWeeds, that ſuch have ſowen among the wheat of the lawful and laudable ſtudy and …

    Thomas Gataker · Vindication of His Annotations · p. 170 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … found this Flower in divers persons, where they thought there had been nothing but VVeedsWeeds. Being conversant most at home in their own Souls, they have in their long …
    With rule
    … found this Flower in divers persons, where they thought there had been nothing but VVeedsWeeds. Being conversant most at home in their own Souls, they have in their long …

    Richard Steele · Concerning Old Age · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    AN ANTIDOTE AGAINST THE Poyſonous VVeedsWeeds OF HERETICAL BLASPHEMIES, Which During the deplorable interval of Church-Government have grown up …
    With rule
    AN ANTIDOTE AGAINST THE Poyſonous VVeedsWeeds OF HERETICAL BLASPHEMIES, Which During the deplorable interval of Church-Government have grown up …

    John Brinsley · An Antidote Against the Poisonous Weeds of Heretical Blasphemies · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Vile vveedsweeds vvhich are most base
    With rule
    Vile vveedsweeds vvhich are most base

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 87 · 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.