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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #28032 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

widdovveswiddowes

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
Disagrees: widows
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
    … Relation of the Popish Originall and Progresse of this groundlesse novell ceremony: Wherein Mr. WIDDOVVESWIDDOWES his manifold Forgeries, Oversights, and Absurdities are in part detected; and the point, Of …
    With rule
    … Relation of the Popish Originall and Progresse of this groundlesse novell ceremony: Wherein Mr. WIDDOVVESWIDDOWES his manifold Forgeries, Oversights, and Absurdities are in part detected; and the point, Of …

    William Prynne · Lame Giles Halting · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    THE WIDDOVVESWIDDOWES GLASSE.
    With rule
    THE WIDDOVVESWIDDOWES GLASSE.

    John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    LAME GILES HIS HAVLTINGS OR, A BRIEFE SVRVEY OF GILES WIDDOVVESWIDDOWES HIS Confutation of an Appendix, concerning Bowing at the name of Iesus.
    With rule
    LAME GILES HIS HAVLTINGS OR, A BRIEFE SVRVEY OF GILES WIDDOVVESWIDDOWES HIS Confutation of an Appendix, concerning Bowing at the name of Iesus.

    William Prynne · Lame Giles Halting · 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.