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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27617 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvavewave

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

Puritas changed it
6 times in 5 works
Consistency
100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved
~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wave
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6 changes in 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the judgements of the ſaid Commiſſioners upon the vvhole matters in Difference, and to vvavewave proceedings at Law. And that his preſent Addreſſes to them, vvere, for Hearing and …
    With rule
    … the judgements of the ſaid Commiſſioners upon the vvhole matters in Difference, and to vvavewave proceedings at Law. And that his preſent Addreſſes to them, vvere, for Hearing and …

    Cornelius Burges · A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … this way and that, never fixt and quiet. Instabilis unda: As fickle as a VVaveWave, is common to a Proverb. See Iam. 1. 6. He that wavereth is like a Wave …
    With rule
    … this way and that, never fixt and quiet. Instabilis unda: As fickle as a VVaveWave, is common to a Proverb. See Iam. 1. 6. He that wavereth is like a Wave …

    John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … be set near the VVaves upon the Sand: It will not keep off one VVaveWave, not a Sickness, nor approaches of Death. How soon can God lay your Honour …
    With rule
    … be set near the VVaves upon the Sand: It will not keep off one VVaveWave, not a Sickness, nor approaches of Death. How soon can God lay your Honour …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 904 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … VVill; we may oppose it, but we cannot hinder it: The rising of the VVaveWave cannot stop the Ship when it is in full sail; so the rising up …
    With rule
    … VVill; we may oppose it, but we cannot hinder it: The rising of the VVaveWave cannot stop the Ship when it is in full sail; so the rising up …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 535 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    All I could vviſh, for vviſhing; I vvould vvavewave
    With rule
    All I could vviſh, for vviſhing; I vvould vvavewave

    George Wither · Salt Upon Salt · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Or needleſs Complements; and vvill not vvavewave
    With rule
    Or needleſs Complements; and vvill not vvavewave

    George Wither · Salt Upon Salt · p. 25 · 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.