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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27547 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forvvardsforwards

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

Puritas changed it
7 times in 4 works
Consistency
100% (7 of 7)
Reach if approved
~7 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: forwards
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
7 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7 changes in 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 7)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Epaminondas still applied himself to his Book: yet at last he vvas put forvvardsforwards by Pammenes, a chief man amongst the Thebans, and he began to follovv the …
    With rule
    Epaminondas still applied himself to his Book: yet at last he vvas put forvvardsforwards by Pammenes, a chief man amongst the Thebans, and he began to follovv the …

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … full declaration of our miſery, & gods mercie. The Iſraelites doe not allvvaies march on forvvardsforwards to Elim vvhere are fountaines, & palme trees (as before) but retyres to Marah to …
    With rule
    … full declaration of our miſery, & gods mercie. The Iſraelites doe not allvvaies march on forvvardsforwards to Elim vvhere are fountaines, & palme trees (as before) but retyres to Marah to …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … all Chriſtianes ſo counte it, & ſo did the 4 Euangeliſts, Mat. 28.1. Mark. 16.2. Luk. 24.1. Ioh. 20.1.19. count forvvardsforwards and Saturday muſt needs be the 7th day, to wit, the 7th day from …
    With rule
    … all Chriſtianes ſo counte it, & ſo did the 4 Euangeliſts, Mat. 28.1. Mark. 16.2. Luk. 24.1. Ioh. 20.1.19. count forvvardsforwards and Saturday muſt needs be the 7th day, to wit, the 7th day from …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of Samuel: And ansvverable to this, vvas our dear Lord Jesus posted backvvards and forvvardsforwards, hither and thither, by the force of the rage of his Enemies:
    With rule
    … of Samuel: And ansvverable to this, vvas our dear Lord Jesus posted backvvards and forvvardsforwards, hither and thither, by the force of the rage of his Enemies:

    John Bunyan · Solomons Temple Spiritualized · p. 183 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … not howe to ſeeke god. Thē I vvill tell you. Firſt you muſt looke forvvardsforwards not backvvards in the ſpirit of pharaſ…iſme, that is to conſider not what …
    With rule
    … not howe to ſeeke god. Thē I vvill tell you. Firſt you muſt looke forvvardsforwards not backvvards in the ſpirit of pharaſ…iſme, that is to conſider not what …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 53 · 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.