Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27740 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

midvvivesmidwives

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: midwives
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
… in caſe of neceſſitie at the appointment of her husband, why may not the midvvivesmidwives in caſe of neceſſitie baptiſe, by the appointment of the Preiſts? You pretend rule …
With rule
… in caſe of neceſſitie at the appointment of her husband, why may not the midvvivesmidwives in caſe of neceſſitie baptiſe, by the appointment of the Preiſts? You pretend rule …
Richard Clifton · The Plea for Infants and Elder People Concerning their Baptism · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or an officious lye, vvhen it is for a good end, such …vas the MidvvivesMidwives lye, Exod. 1.9. thus the denying of a thing to be, even vvhen the granting …
With rule
… or an officious lye, vvhen it is for a good end, such …vas the MidvvivesMidwives lye, Exod. 1.9. thus the denying of a thing to be, even vvhen the granting …
James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 438 · Open in the reader
Printed
… events brought about, than the King of Egypt intended; he meant to make the midvvivesmidwives odious to God by murders, but God kept them in his fear from doing …
With rule
… events brought about, than the King of Egypt intended; he meant to make the midvvivesmidwives odious to God by murders, but God kept them in his fear from doing …
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 633 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. The repliers, the MidvvivesMidwives, poor vvomen, terrified vvith the presence of a furious King.
With rule
1. The repliers, the MidvvivesMidwives, poor vvomen, terrified vvith the presence of a furious King.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 631 · 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.