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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27659 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

borrovvsborrows

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

Puritas changed it
5 times in 2 works
Consistency
100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved
~5 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
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 2 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (3 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in vvhom the truth and povver of Religion ſhines) vvhen he hears of ſinners, borrovvsborrows the Apoſtles language, and ſaith of himſelf, that I am the chief, for he …
    With rule
    … in vvhom the truth and povver of Religion ſhines) vvhen he hears of ſinners, borrovvsborrows the Apoſtles language, and ſaith of himſelf, that I am the chief, for he …

    Edward Terry · A Voyage to East India · p. 540 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in vvant. Yet he that is in vvant, though he pay not vvhat he borrovvsborrows, he thinks it no fault, becauſe he of vvhom he borrovvsborrows is better able …
    With rule
    … in vvant. Yet he that is in vvant, though he pay not vvhat he borrovvsborrows, he thinks it no fault, becauſe he of vvhom he borrovvsborrows is better able …

    Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … is no ſin, and to borrovv vvhat he vvants, ſo he repay vvhat he borrovvsborrows, is no ſin: but to fall into vvant through his ovvn fault, through idleneſſe …
    With rule
    … is no ſin, and to borrovv vvhat he vvants, ſo he repay vvhat he borrovvsborrows, is no ſin: but to fall into vvant through his ovvn fault, through idleneſſe …

    Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 155 · 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.