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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27692 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhatswhats

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

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

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … novices conceaue that they may driue a vvay diſaſters, diſeaſes, tempeſts, & mortall ſinnes. Moreouer vvhatswhats a gentelman but his pleaſure? For this shopp of profitt vvere nothing vvorth vnleſſe …
    With rule
    … novices conceaue that they may driue a vvay diſaſters, diſeaſes, tempeſts, & mortall ſinnes. Moreouer vvhatswhats a gentelman but his pleaſure? For this shopp of profitt vvere nothing vvorth vnleſſe …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    That knovves not vvhatswhats thy feare.
    With rule
    That knovves not vvhatswhats thy feare.

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    VVHatsWhats meant by Spirit. 15.
    With rule
    VVHatsWhats meant by Spirit. 15.

    Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Tis true, we keepe theſe Oracles intirly in the letter, ſo doe Papiſtes; but vvhatswhats the letter, when we weaken diminiſh and aboliſh the binding force of it? for …
    With rule
    Tis true, we keepe theſe Oracles intirly in the letter, ſo doe Papiſtes; but vvhatswhats the letter, when we weaken diminiſh and aboliſh the binding force of it? for …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … I doubt not but in like caſes God vvould doe the like againe. But vvhatswhats this to vs in our countries vvhere vve haue intercourſe of day and night …
    With rule
    … I doubt not but in like caſes God vvould doe the like againe. But vvhatswhats this to vs in our countries vvhere vve haue intercourſe of day and night …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 159 · 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.