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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27982 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvifeswifes

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
Disagrees: wives
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
    … was, he broke the Cloſe of the VVife, and the graffe thereof the ſaid VVifesWifes, did …atdown, and the Declaration was, whileſt ſhe was unmarried, and the VVrit was …
    With rule
    … was, he broke the Cloſe of the VVife, and the graffe thereof the ſaid VVifesWifes, did …atdown, and the Declaration was, whileſt ſhe was unmarried, and the VVrit was …

    John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 469 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … that the method which men uſed in removing, was, firſt to ſend away their VVifesWifes and Children, (as being their greateſt treaſure); next to them, their Writings of conſequence …
    With rule
    … that the method which men uſed in removing, was, firſt to ſend away their VVifesWifes and Children, (as being their greateſt treaſure); next to them, their Writings of conſequence …

    Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 821 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … dealeth vvith him as vvith the principall, because his gifts vvere greater then his vvifeswifes.
    With rule
    … dealeth vvith him as vvith the principall, because his gifts vvere greater then his vvifeswifes.

    James Ussher · A Body of Divinity · p. 138 · 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.