Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27703 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvitchcraftswitchcrafts

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: witchcrafts
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

Printed
MEMORABLE PROVIDENCES, Relating to VVITCHCRAFTSWITCHCRAFTS And POSSESSIONS.
With rule
MEMORABLE PROVIDENCES, Relating to VVITCHCRAFTSWITCHCRAFTS And POSSESSIONS.
Cotton Mather · Memorable Providences · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Devil into the midst of us. I say then, Let not only all VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts be duely abominated with us, but also Let us be duely Watchful against all …
With rule
… the Devil into the midst of us. I say then, Let not only all VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts be duely abominated with us, but also Let us be duely Watchful against all …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
SELECT Caſes of Conſcience TOUCHING VVitches and VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts.
With rule
SELECT Caſes of Conſcience TOUCHING VVitches and VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts.
John Gaule · Select Cases Conscience Touching Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
… I'll venture my self in the midst of them; let them use all their VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts, with the help of God I'll tread upon them all. By this courage he …
With rule
… I'll venture my self in the midst of them; let them use all their VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts, with the help of God I'll tread upon them all. By this courage he …
Cotton Mather · The Life and Death of John Eliot · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men, who are not become too Unreasonable for Common Conversation, That the Invitation of VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts is the Thing that ha's now Introduced the Devil into the midst of us …
With rule
… men, who are not become too Unreasonable for Common Conversation, That the Invitation of VVitchcraftsWitchcrafts is the Thing that ha's now Introduced the Devil into the midst of us …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 66 · 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.