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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27969 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhigwhig

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)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whig
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
    THE CHARACTER OF An Honest Man; Whether Styled VVHIGWHIG OR TORY, And his opposite, the KNAVE.
    With rule
    THE CHARACTER OF An Honest Man; Whether Styled VVHIGWHIG OR TORY, And his opposite, the KNAVE.

    John Norton · The Character of an Honest Man · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … these; for a Trimmer is but a cowardly and base-spirited VVhigWhig; for the VVhigWhig is but the Journey-man-Prentice, that is hired, and set on in the …
    With rule
    … these; for a Trimmer is but a cowardly and base-spirited VVhigWhig; for the VVhigWhig is but the Journey-man-Prentice, that is hired, and set on in the …

    John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in comparison of these; for a Trimmer is but a cowardly and base-spirited VVhigWhig; for the VVhigWhig is but the Journey-man-Prentice, that is hired, and set …
    With rule
    … in comparison of these; for a Trimmer is but a cowardly and base-spirited VVhigWhig; for the VVhigWhig is but the Journey-man-Prentice, that is hired, and set …

    John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 48 · 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.