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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27844 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

byvvordbyword

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

Puritas changed it
3 times in 2 works
Consistency
100% (3 of 3)
Reach if approved
~3 places (estimated)
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3 changes in 2 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (3 of 3)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    6 He hath made me a common byvvordbyword, and ſet me to be an open gazingſtocke.
    With rule
    6 He hath made me a common byvvordbyword, and ſet me to be an open gazingſtocke.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 336 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … noble, they shalbe vile, & baſe in his ſight, if learned their learning shalbe a byvvordbyword, & a hiſſing. If he be a king he shalbe made a beaſt vvith Nebuchadnezzer …
    With rule
    … noble, they shalbe vile, & baſe in his ſight, if learned their learning shalbe a byvvordbyword, & a hiſſing. If he be a king he shalbe made a beaſt vvith Nebuchadnezzer …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … our backes vpon our enimies, & become as sheepe for the slaughter, & are made a byvvordbyword of them that are round about vs, yea albeit vve are ſmittē into the …
    With rule
    … our backes vpon our enimies, & become as sheepe for the slaughter, & are made a byvvordbyword of them that are round about vs, yea albeit vve are ſmittē into the …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 49 · 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.