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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27689 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvertwert

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

Puritas changed it
5 times in 4 works
Consistency
100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved
~5 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wert
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 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … thy heart vvere hardned? could'ſt thou be deſirous to forſake thy ſinnes, if thou vvertwert not weary of them? and could'ſt thou deſire to be reconciled unto God, If …
    With rule
    … thy heart vvere hardned? could'ſt thou be deſirous to forſake thy ſinnes, if thou vvertwert not weary of them? and could'ſt thou deſire to be reconciled unto God, If …

    Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    If thou vvertwert brought to graue,
    With rule
    If thou vvertwert brought to graue,

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … thou to inflict vengeance vpon ſinners, who didſt thus forbid ſinne! and if thou vvertwert ſo terrible a Lawgiuer, vvhat a Iudge ſhalt thou appeare? What ſhall become of …
    With rule
    … thou to inflict vengeance vpon ſinners, who didſt thus forbid ſinne! and if thou vvertwert ſo terrible a Lawgiuer, vvhat a Iudge ſhalt thou appeare? What ſhall become of …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 898 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    21 Haſt thou knovvne before thou vvertwert borne, though thy dayes be many in number?
    With rule
    21 Haſt thou knovvne before thou vvertwert borne, though thy dayes be many in number?

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 768 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    4 VVhere vvertwert thou vvhen I layde the foundation of the earth? tell it, if thou haſte …
    With rule
    4 VVhere vvertwert thou vvhen I layde the foundation of the earth? tell it, if thou haſte …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 753 · 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.