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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27803 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhittingtonwhittington

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: whittington
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
    LONDON, Printed by Matthew Simmons, and are to be ſold by George VVhittingtonWhittington, at the blew Anchor neere the Royall Exchange. 1646.
    With rule
    LONDON, Printed by Matthew Simmons, and are to be ſold by George VVhittingtonWhittington, at the blew Anchor neere the Royall Exchange. 1646.

    Walter Cradock · The Saints Fullness of Joy in their Fellowship with God · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … manner, euen after the ſame manner as ſhee was at Manſfeild and after at VVhittingtonWhittington vpon her repoſſeſſion, as it euident by pag. 305. where-vpon ſhee was firſt had …
    With rule
    … manner, euen after the ſame manner as ſhee was at Manſfeild and after at VVhittingtonWhittington vpon her repoſſeſſion, as it euident by pag. 305. where-vpon ſhee was firſt had …

    John Darrell · The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet · p. 193 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of Gernsey, who wrote divers notes of History, Cutbert Tunstall Bishop of Durham, Robert VVhittingtonWhittington who wrote divers Treatises for the instruction of Grammarians, Iohn Russell, who wrote a …
    With rule
    … of Gernsey, who wrote divers notes of History, Cutbert Tunstall Bishop of Durham, Robert VVhittingtonWhittington who wrote divers Treatises for the instruction of Grammarians, Iohn Russell, who wrote a …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … now Newgate, was begun to be new builded by the Executors of Sir Richard VVhittingtonWhittington Lord Major of London. In his fifth yeare, Iohn Reynwell Major of London, gave …
    With rule
    … now Newgate, was begun to be new builded by the Executors of Sir Richard VVhittingtonWhittington Lord Major of London. In his fifth yeare, Iohn Reynwell Major of London, gave …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 89 · 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.