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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #30592 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ovvneowne

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

Puritas changed it
3 times in 3 works
Consistency
0.2% (3 of 1,146)
Reach if approved
~1,204 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: own
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,146 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
own (1,143)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3 changes in 3 works, 0.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (3 of 3)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    AN ANSVVER TO THE FISHER CATCHAT IN HIS OVVNEOWNE NET, by the ſame Author. Theſe three laſt bookes containing but ſome ſixe ſheetes …
    With rule
    AN ANSVVER TO THE FISHER CATCHAT IN HIS OVVNEOWNE NET, by the ſame Author. Theſe three laſt bookes containing but ſome ſixe ſheetes …

    John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    BEholde here it is. Let euery manne looke not for his oVVneowne profit, but for the profit of other. Howe doth ye sauour of this floure …
    With rule
    BEholde here it is. Let euery manne looke not for his oVVneowne profit, but for the profit of other. Howe doth ye sauour of this floure …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of kinne are to be reckoned among thoſe whom the Apoſtle termeth a mans OVVNEOWNE.
    With rule
    … of kinne are to be reckoned among thoſe whom the Apoſtle termeth a mans OVVNEOWNE.

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 584 · 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.