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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27751 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sorrovvedsorrowed

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: sorrowed
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
    … loue and feare of puniſhment, cauſeth death, and is a ſorrow which muſt be ſorrovvedsorrowed for: nor yet vvith ſuch an amendment, vvhich ariſeth not from ſenſe of ſinne …
    With rule
    … loue and feare of puniſhment, cauſeth death, and is a ſorrow which muſt be ſorrovvedsorrowed for: nor yet vvith ſuch an amendment, vvhich ariſeth not from ſenſe of ſinne …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 584 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Ark again, after their Mourning-time vvas over: And Christ, after his People have sorrovvedsorrowed for him a-vvhile, vvill see them again and their hearts shall rejoyce; Joh. 16.1, 2, 3, 20, 21, 22.
    With rule
    … Ark again, after their Mourning-time vvas over: And Christ, after his People have sorrovvedsorrowed for him a-vvhile, vvill see them again and their hearts shall rejoyce; Joh. 16.1, 2, 3, 20, 21, 22.

    John Bunyan · Solomons Temple Spiritualized · p. 183 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … which the Prophet Jeremie maketh Chap. 5. verse 3. Thou strikest them, but they haue not sorrovvedsorrowed: thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made …
    With rule
    … which the Prophet Jeremie maketh Chap. 5. verse 3. Thou strikest them, but they haue not sorrovvedsorrowed: thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made …

    Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … both of the wicked that haue mourned without hope, and the righteous that haue sorrovvedsorrowed & sought comfort. The svvetest of sinnes plesure is not vvithout a sharp sting, that …
    With rule
    … both of the wicked that haue mourned without hope, and the righteous that haue sorrovvedsorrowed & sought comfort. The svvetest of sinnes plesure is not vvithout a sharp sting, that …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · 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.