Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27738 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gunpovvdergunpowder

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

Puritas changed it: 4 times in 3 works
Consistency: 100% (4 of 4)
Reach if approved: ~4 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gunpowder
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4 changes in 3 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 4)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is true that ſome holy dayes, may be keept, as Chriſtmas day, Coronation day, GunpovvderGunpowder Treaſon day, and the like dayes of publike thankſgiuing, & dayes of publike faſt, which …
With rule
… is true that ſome holy dayes, may be keept, as Chriſtmas day, Coronation day, GunpovvderGunpowder Treaſon day, and the like dayes of publike thankſgiuing, & dayes of publike faſt, which …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to split it. Nothing but a Diamond vvill cut a Diamond; and nothing but GunpovvderGunpowder vvill blovv out some kinde of flame.
With rule
… to split it. Nothing but a Diamond vvill cut a Diamond; and nothing but GunpovvderGunpowder vvill blovv out some kinde of flame.
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 685 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſplit it. Nothing but a Diamond vvill cut a Diamond; and nothing but GunpovvderGunpowder vvill blovv out ſome kinde of flame.
With rule
… to ſplit it. Nothing but a Diamond vvill cut a Diamond; and nothing but GunpovvderGunpowder vvill blovv out ſome kinde of flame.
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 685 · Open in the reader
Printed
… faſt dayes, and alſo dayes of publike thankſgiuing, as vve haue on Coronation and GunpovvderGunpowder treaſon dayes and the like: Novv albeit they did reſt vpon theſe dayes, and …
With rule
… faſt dayes, and alſo dayes of publike thankſgiuing, as vve haue on Coronation and GunpovvderGunpowder treaſon dayes and the like: Novv albeit they did reſt vpon theſe dayes, and …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 72 · 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.