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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27558 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tvvastwas

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

Puritas changed it
7 times in 6 works
Consistency
100% (7 of 7)
Reach if approved
~7 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: it
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 6 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (7 of 7)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … means and opportunity to cry him quitts, and to be reveng'd upon him. For 'tvvastwas be that ſollicited the Parliament of Bordeaux, and by his Intereſt got that Decree …
    With rule
    … means and opportunity to cry him quitts, and to be reveng'd upon him. For 'tvvastwas be that ſollicited the Parliament of Bordeaux, and by his Intereſt got that Decree …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … head, the nails vvhich pierced his hands, and the ſpear vvhich pierced his heart: 'TvvasTwas! that put to death the Lord of life: He dyed for my ſins; He …
    With rule
    … head, the nails vvhich pierced his hands, and the ſpear vvhich pierced his heart: 'TvvasTwas! that put to death the Lord of life: He dyed for my ſins; He …

    George Swinnock · The Christian Mans Calling · p. 300 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    TVVasTwas our Saviours complaint elswhere, I was a thirst, and yee gave mee not to …
    With rule
    TVVasTwas our Saviours complaint elswhere, I was a thirst, and yee gave mee not to …

    Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 420 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … puniſhing Angell, vvith Me, me, ego qui feci, in me convertito ferrum: 'TvvasTwas I, 'tvvastwas I, let thine hand, I pray thee, be againſt me and my fathers houſe …
    With rule
    … puniſhing Angell, vvith Me, me, ego qui feci, in me convertito ferrum: 'TvvasTwas I, 'tvvastwas I, let thine hand, I pray thee, be againſt me and my fathers houſe …

    John Trapp · Gods Love · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    This vvas the Lord, and tvvastwas most admirable,
    With rule
    This vvas the Lord, and tvvastwas most admirable,

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … wants, because vve could not doe it by the Axe or Sword; vvithout him 'tvvastwas impossible for us to give over the committing these; and the tears that did …
    With rule
    … wants, because vve could not doe it by the Axe or Sword; vvithout him 'tvvastwas impossible for us to give over the committing these; and the tears that did …

    Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of the puniſhing Angell, vvith Me, me, ego qui feci, in me convertito ferrum: 'TvvasTwas I, 'tvvastwas I, let thine hand, I pray thee, be againſt me and my …
    With rule
    … of the puniſhing Angell, vvith Me, me, ego qui feci, in me convertito ferrum: 'TvvasTwas I, 'tvvastwas I, let thine hand, I pray thee, be againſt me and my …

    John Trapp · Gods Love · 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.