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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27621 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvedgewedge

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

Puritas changed it
6 times in 4 works
Consistency
100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved
~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wedge
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 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … perſvvaded almoſt to become a Chriſtian. He is noe Athan to …oord vp a vvedgewedge of gold, & a Babylonish garment. Nor a Saul to ſpare Agag, & the beſt things …
    With rule
    … perſvvaded almoſt to become a Chriſtian. He is noe Athan to …oord vp a vvedgewedge of gold, & a Babylonish garment. Nor a Saul to ſpare Agag, & the beſt things …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … evil. From this Root comes, First, Theft. Achan's covetous humour made him steal the VVedgeWedge of Gold, Josh. 7.21. Covetousness makes the Jayls so full. Secondly, From this root comes …
    With rule
    … evil. From this Root comes, First, Theft. Achan's covetous humour made him steal the VVedgeWedge of Gold, Josh. 7.21. Covetousness makes the Jayls so full. Secondly, From this root comes …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 873 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſhall not be made equall vvith hir, neyther ſhall ſhe bee pryzed vvith the vvedgewedge of cleane Gold.
    With rule
    … ſhall not be made equall vvith hir, neyther ſhall ſhe bee pryzed vvith the vvedgewedge of cleane Gold.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 523 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … are all as nothing, and make vvay for greater to follovv, as the leſſer vvedgewedge for the greater. Thus ſaid the Lord to Iſrael of old; The Syrians before …
    With rule
    … are all as nothing, and make vvay for greater to follovv, as the leſſer vvedgewedge for the greater. Thus ſaid the Lord to Iſrael of old; The Syrians before …

    Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 166 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    16 It ſhall not bee valued vvith the vvedgewedge of Golde, nor vvith the precious Onix, nor vvith the Saphyre.
    With rule
    16 It ſhall not bee valued vvith the vvedgewedge of Golde, nor vvith the precious Onix, nor vvith the Saphyre.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 523 · 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.