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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5814 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvaswas

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

Puritas changed it
7,061 times in 628 works
Consistency
100% (7,061 of 7,061)
Reach if approved
~7,419 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: was
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
7,061 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,061 changes in 628 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,061)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that hee feared, not that hee did not taſte death, but in that he vvaswas not ouercome or hurt by it.
    With rule
    … that hee feared, not that hee did not taſte death, but in that he vvaswas not ouercome or hurt by it.

    Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 166 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … cleanse the soule, but hauing some naturall property to open and cleanse the body, vvaswas appoynted of God, as it were a sacramentall signe, and doth very fitly represent …
    With rule
    … cleanse the soule, but hauing some naturall property to open and cleanse the body, vvaswas appoynted of God, as it were a sacramentall signe, and doth very fitly represent …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … giue his mercifull ayde therein. I for my slender capacitie, haue perfourmed vvhat I vvaswas able, and as much as the Lorde graunted me: vvhome I most heartily beseeche …
    With rule
    … giue his mercifull ayde therein. I for my slender capacitie, haue perfourmed vvhat I vvaswas able, and as much as the Lorde graunted me: vvhome I most heartily beseeche …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … from noble Fortitude, turned into an obſtinate, proud, & cruell ſtoutnes. Thus farre from vertue vvaswas the great courage of the Heathen.
    With rule
    … from noble Fortitude, turned into an obſtinate, proud, & cruell ſtoutnes. Thus farre from vertue vvaswas the great courage of the Heathen.

    George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … treatises follovving, know (Good Reader) that Mr. GREENVVOODS first vvriting concerning read prayer &c. vvaswas by the Prelates taken from him. Wherevpon he desired Mr. GIFFORD, vvho vvrote against …
    With rule
    … treatises follovving, know (Good Reader) that Mr. GREENVVOODS first vvriting concerning read prayer &c. vvaswas by the Prelates taken from him. Wherevpon he desired Mr. GIFFORD, vvho vvrote against …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … him from the danger into vvhich ſin had plunged him? He confeſſeth that it vvaswas Gods mercy that he vvaswas not cō ſumed. And becauſe God hath ſpared him …
    With rule
    … him from the danger into vvhich ſin had plunged him? He confeſſeth that it vvaswas Gods mercy that he vvaswas not cō ſumed. And becauſe God hath ſpared him …

    Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 72 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … worke… Ver. 3…. he ſavv then, God did vvhat he vvould, … he thought before, it vvaswas in his owne hand; duplicate page duplicate page this is to be a God; and this is in …
    With rule
    … worke… Ver. 3…. he ſavv then, God did vvhat he vvould, … he thought before, it vvaswas in his owne hand; duplicate page duplicate page this is to be a God; and this is in …

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … be looked vpon, and it shall not be found that any other ecclesiasticall ministery vvaswas appoynted, then those orders of hy priests, and Levites etc. vvhich vvere appoynted by …
    With rule
    … be looked vpon, and it shall not be found that any other ecclesiasticall ministery vvaswas appoynted, then those orders of hy priests, and Levites etc. vvhich vvere appoynted by …

    Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 51 · 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.