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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27741 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nevvsnews

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

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

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 4)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … joy in the body, and is almoſt amazed thereat, as Jacob vvas at the nevvsnews of Joſephs being alive, and of his preferment.
    With rule
    … joy in the body, and is almoſt amazed thereat, as Jacob vvas at the nevvsnews of Joſephs being alive, and of his preferment.

    William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … happy ſoul, if this be thy caſe! O happy night or day, vvhenſoever the nevvsnews comes, that then muſt thy ſoul be taken from thee!
    With rule
    … happy ſoul, if this be thy caſe! O happy night or day, vvhenſoever the nevvsnews comes, that then muſt thy ſoul be taken from thee!

    Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    About this time Hannibal sent his Brother Mago to Carthage vvith the joyful nevvsnews of this great Victory. He told the Carthaginian Senate, vvith hovv many Roman Generals …
    With rule
    About this time Hannibal sent his Brother Mago to Carthage vvith the joyful nevvsnews of this great Victory. He told the Carthaginian Senate, vvith hovv many Roman Generals …

    Samuel Clarke · The Lives and Deaths of Persons Surnamed Great · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    NevvsNews from Hell, Rome, and the Innes of Court.
    With rule
    NevvsNews from Hell, Rome, and the Innes of Court.

    John Milton · News from Hell · 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.