Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27656 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

backvvardsbackwards

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

Puritas changed it: 5 times in 3 works
Consistency: 100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved: ~5 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: backwards
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5 changes in 3 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… first Book of Samuel: And ansvverable to this, vvas our dear Lord Jesus posted backvvardsbackwards and forvvards, hither and thither, by the force of the rage of his Enemies:
With rule
… first Book of Samuel: And ansvverable to this, vvas our dear Lord Jesus posted backvvardsbackwards and forvvards, hither and thither, by the force of the rage of his Enemies:
John Bunyan · Solomons Temple Spiritualized · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like the ſunne in the diall of Ahaz that vvas gone dovvne ten degrees backvvardsbackwards. So he ten degrees beneath his father The father is greater then I. Ten …
With rule
… like the ſunne in the diall of Ahaz that vvas gone dovvne ten degrees backvvardsbackwards. So he ten degrees beneath his father The father is greater then I. Ten …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their children, if they ſhould beare them rekone the dayes of the weeke thus backvvardsbackwards, but any childiſh toye, is anſwer good enough to defeate God of his Sabbathes.
With rule
… their children, if they ſhould beare them rekone the dayes of the weeke thus backvvardsbackwards, but any childiſh toye, is anſwer good enough to defeate God of his Sabbathes.
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 564 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſeeke god. Thē I vvill tell you. Firſt you muſt looke forvvards not backvvardsbackwards in the ſpirit of pharaſ…iſme, that is to conſider not what we haue …
With rule
… to ſeeke god. Thē I vvill tell you. Firſt you muſt looke forvvards not backvvardsbackwards in the ſpirit of pharaſ…iſme, that is to conſider not what we haue …
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.