Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27787 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvatcheswatches

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: watches
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

Printed
… early vnto God, and to apply thy minde to vnderstanding, to preuent the morning vvatcheswatches, and to giue thy bodie to bee moistened of the morning dew! For beside …
With rule
… early vnto God, and to apply thy minde to vnderstanding, to preuent the morning vvatcheswatches, and to giue thy bodie to bee moistened of the morning dew! For beside …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… go to Church. And ſeeing that in theſe Countries they have neither Clocks not VVatchesWatches, to tell them the time of the Day and Prayers, inſtead of them they …
With rule
… go to Church. And ſeeing that in theſe Countries they have neither Clocks not VVatchesWatches, to tell them the time of the Day and Prayers, inſtead of them they …
John Ray · A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
And, for 666, in This Beaſts Fighting, with Thoſe Witneſſes; we found, 6 hours, or Great VVatchesWatches, Turning the Tides, as Sun and Moon, at the Cardinal Points: and making up …
With rule
And, for 666, in This Beaſts Fighting, with Thoſe Witneſſes; we found, 6 hours, or Great VVatchesWatches, Turning the Tides, as Sun and Moon, at the Cardinal Points: and making up …
John Sadler · Christ Under the Law · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVAtchesWatches of the night. 60
With rule
VVAtchesWatches of the night. 60
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · 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.