Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3158 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wooewoo

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 350 times in 216 works
Consistency: 96.9% (350 of 361)
Reach if approved: ~379 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: woo
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 361 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (350 changes in 216 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 350)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Where each lustfull Lad may wooewoo,
With rule
Where each lustfull Lad may wooewoo,
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
… them vnder the colour of zeale. And he borroweth a ſimilitude of wooers, which wooewoo maidens not chaſtly nor with honeſt loue, but y^t they may abuſe thē after …
With rule
… them vnder the colour of zeale. And he borroweth a ſimilitude of wooers, which wooewoo maidens not chaſtly nor with honeſt loue, but y^t they may abuſe thē after …
John Calvin · Commentary on Galatians · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
This man, whom God did wooewoo, and loth t'attend
With rule
This man, whom God did wooewoo, and loth t'attend
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… What sighing, pining, mourning? How doe they fill their mouthes with insinuating arguments to wooewoo the Lords returne, and regain the sense of his favor, giving him no rest …
With rule
… What sighing, pining, mourning? How doe they fill their mouthes with insinuating arguments to wooewoo the Lords returne, and regain the sense of his favor, giving him no rest …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… open the doore to meekenesse, giue entertainment to this guest, and bid it welcome, wooewoo it and win it, for it is the whole of a mans estate, 'tis …
With rule
… open the doore to meekenesse, giue entertainment to this guest, and bid it welcome, wooewoo it and win it, for it is the whole of a mans estate, 'tis …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… puddle, where nothing can be gotten but venomous vermine? and with Syrens ſweete notes wooewoo vs into the ſalt ſea of perdition? All the fauours and friendly countenances which …
With rule
… puddle, where nothing can be gotten but venomous vermine? and with Syrens ſweete notes wooewoo vs into the ſalt ſea of perdition? All the fauours and friendly countenances which …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
They muſt wooewoo for Chriſt. 58
With rule
They muſt wooewoo for Chriſt. 58
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · Open in the reader
Printed
… eares of the people: the teachers arrogance, the peoples ignorance. The teachers, faithleſſe teachers, wooewoo for themſelves, inſtead of their Lord: the people, fooliſh people, fall in love with …
With rule
… eares of the people: the teachers arrogance, the peoples ignorance. The teachers, faithleſſe teachers, wooewoo for themſelves, inſtead of their Lord: the people, fooliſh people, fall in love with …
John Stoughton · Eleven Choice Sermons · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
Then love he does: but muſt this action, WooeWoo,
With rule
Then love he does: but muſt this action, WooeWoo,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
WooeWoo hard for Wealth; and, very kind appeare,
With rule
WooeWoo hard for Wealth; and, very kind appeare,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 83 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

Printed
… Allegory of Betrothing and Marriage, which is afterwards pursued. It is God's beginning to WooeWoo the Soule by his Embassadors: God perswadeth them into the Wildernesse: perswadeth them, but …
With rule
… Allegory of Betrothing and Marriage, which is afterwards pursued. It is God's beginning to WooeWoo the Soule by his Embassadors: God perswadeth them into the Wildernesse: perswadeth them, but …
John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 149 · Open in the reader

Letters in Two Parts A57970

Printed
… you: be not discouraged at broken & spilt- resolutions, but to it, & to it again: WooeWoo about Christ, till ye get your soul espoused as a chaste virgin to him …
With rule
… you: be not discouraged at broken & spilt- resolutions, but to it, & to it again: WooeWoo about Christ, till ye get your soul espoused as a chaste virgin to him …
Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 371 · Open in the reader

Funeral Sermon for Richard Moor A62904

Printed
… muſt firſt eſpouſe them to himſelf, … then Enlighten their Minds, and inflame their … to WooeWoo others for himſelf; he that hath not … Embraced Chriſt's Offers, and conſented to match …
With rule
… muſt firſt eſpouſe them to himſelf, … then Enlighten their Minds, and inflame their … to WooeWoo others for himſelf; he that hath not … Embraced Chriſt's Offers, and conſented to match …
Samuel Tomlyns · Funeral Sermon for Richard Moor · p. 33 · Open in the reader