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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27746 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

plovvplow

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
Disagrees: blow
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
  1. Printed
    … be transferred to a rebellious seede. Such rough plovvers doe our sins deserue, to plovvplow deepe furrovves on our backs, if the Lord in mercy looke not on vs …
    With rule
    … be transferred to a rebellious seede. Such rough plovvers doe our sins deserue, to plovvplow deepe furrovves on our backs, if the Lord in mercy looke not on vs …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſucceſſe, or leſt vve in time vvant our ſelves, of our joyes. The huſbandman plovvplow eth in hope: not loking to the cloudes for ſovving or reaping: as vve …
    With rule
    … ſucceſſe, or leſt vve in time vvant our ſelves, of our joyes. The huſbandman plovvplow eth in hope: not loking to the cloudes for ſovving or reaping: as vve …

    Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … firſt thing ye make ſure of, and get poſſeſſion of before ye ſettle to plovvplow or threſh any vvhere? Now that which is thus poſſeſt or aſſured is no …
    With rule
    … firſt thing ye make ſure of, and get poſſeſſion of before ye ſettle to plovvplow or threſh any vvhere? Now that which is thus poſſeſt or aſſured is no …

    Henry Lavor · Replies made to the Anti-queries of Thomas Lye · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … are able to vvork, be compelled thereto. But hovv can you be ſaid to plovvplow or threſh in hope of a Livelihood, vvhen as this is alvvaies the firſt …
    With rule
    … are able to vvork, be compelled thereto. But hovv can you be ſaid to plovvplow or threſh in hope of a Livelihood, vvhen as this is alvvaies the firſt …

    Henry Lavor · Replies made to the Anti-queries of Thomas Lye · p. 7 · 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.