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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27903 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

svveptswept

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

Puritas changed it
3 times in 3 works
Consistency
100% (3 of 3)
Reach if approved
~3 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: swept
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 3 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (3 of 3)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … duſt and covered with rubbiſh, yet when that is done away, and the ſtone ſvveptswept clean, then the vvriting vvill appear legible; ſo though mens deeds may for the …
    With rule
    … duſt and covered with rubbiſh, yet when that is done away, and the ſtone ſvveptswept clean, then the vvriting vvill appear legible; ſo though mens deeds may for the …

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … short time could have been dilapidat; unlesse on purpose shoveled in the sea, or svveptswept avvay by an invisible curse: But the thing vvhich I mainly marke here, is …
    With rule
    … short time could have been dilapidat; unlesse on purpose shoveled in the sea, or svveptswept avvay by an invisible curse: But the thing vvhich I mainly marke here, is …

    Robert McWard · The English Balance · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    My chief Eſtate, and ſvveptswept it all avvay;
    With rule
    My chief Eſtate, and ſvveptswept it all avvay;

    George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 25 · 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.