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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27550 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nephevvnephew

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

Puritas changed it
7 times in 7 works
Consistency
100% (7 of 7)
Reach if approved
~7 places (estimated)
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Agrees: nephew
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 7 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (7 of 7)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … had Abraham for his war againſt the four Kings, namely, the reſcuing of his nephevvnephew Lot, out of the hands of merciles & bloudy enemies. It is true indeed that …
    With rule
    … had Abraham for his war againſt the four Kings, namely, the reſcuing of his nephevvnephew Lot, out of the hands of merciles & bloudy enemies. It is true indeed that …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … nowe aliue he might call a great duke that yet liueth his brother, coſen, nephevvnephew, & ſonne. And you knovve it is noe leſſe a vertue to keepe, then to …
    With rule
    … nowe aliue he might call a great duke that yet liueth his brother, coſen, nephevvnephew, & ſonne. And you knovve it is noe leſſe a vertue to keepe, then to …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the reſt of the Cater-caps are as neere your ouerthrovve, as Jyour poore nephevvnephew am from vvishing the proſperitie of your Antichriſtian callings. The cauſe of my vvriting …
    With rule
    … the reſt of the Cater-caps are as neere your ouerthrovve, as Jyour poore nephevvnephew am from vvishing the proſperitie of your Antichriſtian callings. The cauſe of my vvriting …

    Martin Marprelate · Theses · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … how this growes) in a counſell holden in Africa vnder the Emperour Conſtantine the nephevvnephew of Heraclius. Theodorus the Biſhoppe of Rome gettes this ſtyle and theſe tytles ſent …
    With rule
    … how this growes) in a counſell holden in Africa vnder the Emperour Conſtantine the nephevvnephew of Heraclius. Theodorus the Biſhoppe of Rome gettes this ſtyle and theſe tytles ſent …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … limitation euen to the tenth son of theyr body begotten and to the tenth nephevvnephew of theyr foresayd tenth son of hys body begotten. May it be lavvfull, so …
    With rule
    … limitation euen to the tenth son of theyr body begotten and to the tenth nephevvnephew of theyr foresayd tenth son of hys body begotten. May it be lavvfull, so …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … fiue more frō the Chronicles: namely Suthelah and Tahan, Ephraims ſons: and Edē a nephevvnephew. To Manaſſe, Machir a ſou, & Galead a nephevve: to shevve hovv Ioſeph ſavv his …
    With rule
    … fiue more frō the Chronicles: namely Suthelah and Tahan, Ephraims ſons: and Edē a nephevvnephew. To Manaſſe, Machir a ſou, & Galead a nephevve: to shevve hovv Ioſeph ſavv his …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … led Captive: and in this Triumph vvere given Jevvels, and Armes to Octavius, Caesars NephevvNephew, vvho succeeded him in the Empire. As for the Battel vvherein he conquered Pompey …
    With rule
    … led Captive: and in this Triumph vvere given Jevvels, and Armes to Octavius, Caesars NephevvNephew, vvho succeeded him in the Empire. As for the Battel vvherein he conquered Pompey …

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 215 · 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.