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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #28440 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhilestwhilest

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

Puritas changed it
10 times in 5 works
Consistency
16.6% (10 of 60)
Reach if approved
~63 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: whilst
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
60 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
whilst (50)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10 changes in 5 works, 16.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (7 of 10)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … his bleſſing even that which we have, and enjoy can doe us no good. VVhileſtWhilest the meate was in their mouthes the wrath of God fell upon them. And …
    With rule
    … his bleſſing even that which we have, and enjoy can doe us no good. VVhileſtWhilest the meate was in their mouthes the wrath of God fell upon them. And …

    Samuel Smith · Moses Prayer · p. 535 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    12 VVhilestWhilest I was in the worlde. Christ saith that he hath kept them in his …
    With rule
    12 VVhilestWhilest I was in the worlde. Christ saith that he hath kept them in his …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … all ages before. VVe are not bound to shew the behinning of every corruption. VVhilestWhilest the husband man was sleeping, the evill one did sow his tares among the …
    With rule
    … all ages before. VVe are not bound to shew the behinning of every corruption. VVhilestWhilest the husband man was sleeping, the evill one did sow his tares among the …

    David Calderwood · A Solution of Doctor Resolutus Resolutions for Kneeling · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    VVhilestWhilest the Saxons here were heathens, God plagued them with such a cruel Famine, that …
    With rule
    VVhilestWhilest the Saxons here were heathens, God plagued them with such a cruel Famine, that …

    Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 451 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    VVhilestWhilest a childe, her Father's, was to her an House of Correction, nor did she …
    With rule
    VVhilestWhilest a childe, her Father's, was to her an House of Correction, nor did she …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast payd the vttermost farthing. 58. VVhilestWhilest thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler, as thou art in the way …
    With rule
    … thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast payd the vttermost farthing. 58. VVhilestWhilest thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler, as thou art in the way …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    VVHilestWhilest Brennus with his Gaules besieged the Roman Capitol, some of them in the nighttime …
    With rule
    VVHilestWhilest Brennus with his Gaules besieged the Roman Capitol, some of them in the nighttime …

    Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 443 · 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.