Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27516 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stravvstraw

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

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

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

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 8)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hath casten in a coal in my soul, & it is s…oking …mong the stravvstraw & keeping the hearth warme: I look back to what I vvas before, & I laugh …
With rule
… hath casten in a coal in my soul, & it is s…oking …mong the stravvstraw & keeping the hearth warme: I look back to what I vvas before, & I laugh …
Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth but faigne one to himſelf: & it is eaſy fighting againſt a man of ſtravvstraw, or one of our ovvne making) his ridiculous and yet audacious folly, vvould eaſily …
With rule
… doth but faigne one to himſelf: & it is eaſy fighting againſt a man of ſtravvstraw, or one of our ovvne making) his ridiculous and yet audacious folly, vvould eaſily …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 370 · Open in the reader
Printed
18 For he regardeth yron as ſtravvstraw, and braſſe as rotten vvood.
With rule
18 For he regardeth yron as ſtravvstraw, and braſſe as rotten vvood.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 800 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the beaſt in the vvater; or if the water be deep, that bottles of ſtravvstraw or ſuch like things be put vnder the beaſt to ſave it from drovvning …
With rule
… the beaſt in the vvater; or if the water be deep, that bottles of ſtravvstraw or ſuch like things be put vnder the beaſt to ſave it from drovvning …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 445 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Image; yea and counteth it no abſurdity at all, that a very vviſpe of ſtravvstraw ſhould be thus vvorſhipped.
With rule
… Image; yea and counteth it no abſurdity at all, that a very vviſpe of ſtravvstraw ſhould be thus vvorſhipped.
James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 2 · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Image; yea and counteth it no absurdity at all, that a very vvispe of stravvstraw should be thus vvorshipped.
With rule
… Image; yea and counteth it no absurdity at all, that a very vvispe of stravvstraw should be thus vvorshipped.
James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… quietnes: as Iſraell. as it is ſayd: The Lyon as the Oxe, shall eat ſtravvstraw. And ſo in other matters the like which are written of Meſſias, they are …
With rule
… quietnes: as Iſraell. as it is ſayd: The Lyon as the Oxe, shall eat ſtravvstraw. And ſo in other matters the like which are written of Meſſias, they are …
Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in foure, that he might the better relieve the poor. His lodging was upon stravvstraw, and he had course nevv Canvas sheets, vvhich vvhen once foule, he gave avvay …
With rule
… in foure, that he might the better relieve the poor. His lodging was upon stravvstraw, and he had course nevv Canvas sheets, vvhich vvhen once foule, he gave avvay …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 367 · 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.