Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5816 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhowho

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

Puritas changed it: 4,580 times in 713 works
Consistency: 100% (4,580 of 4,580)
Reach if approved: ~4,827 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: who
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,594 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 11 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,580 changes in 713 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,580)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to vvill of his father that ſent him, and ſeeing it vvas God himfelfe, vvhowho in Chriſt reconciled the vvorld vnto himſelfe, it muſt neceſſarilie follovve, that ſeeing Chriſt …
With rule
… to vvill of his father that ſent him, and ſeeing it vvas God himfelfe, vvhowho in Chriſt reconciled the vvorld vnto himſelfe, it muſt neceſſarilie follovve, that ſeeing Chriſt …
John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
11 VVhoWho preached againſt it, what hiſtorie maketh mention of it, who of all your Paſtors …
With rule
11 VVhoWho preached againſt it, what hiſtorie maketh mention of it, who of all your Paſtors …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
Q. VVhoWho pray aright?
With rule
Q. VVhoWho pray aright?
William Gouge · A Short Catechism · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it preuents many miseries, or svveetens them, or helps to support vs vnder them, vvhowho otherwise should be ready to fret or faint vnder them: besides, that it keepes …
With rule
… it preuents many miseries, or svveetens them, or helps to support vs vnder them, vvhowho otherwise should be ready to fret or faint vnder them: besides, that it keepes …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
Q. VVhoWho ſhall be the iudge at that day?
With rule
Q. VVhoWho ſhall be the iudge at that day?
John Ball · A Short Catechism · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… repentance and humiliation upon us, letting us knovv vvhowho it is that …hreatens us, vvhowho it is that …s gone out againſt us; no …ther then this mighty God …
With rule
… repentance and humiliation upon us, letting us knovv vvhowho it is that …hreatens us, vvhowho it is that …s gone out againſt us; no …ther then this mighty God …
Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… occasion of his vvriting of it, that he vvas provoked thereunto by a Pontifician, vvhowho often had dared him into the list of dispute… which a… last he could …
With rule
… occasion of his vvriting of it, that he vvas provoked thereunto by a Pontifician, vvhowho often had dared him into the list of dispute… which a… last he could …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Authour followeth; vvhowho is repeated, with a speciall fauour of his.
With rule
The Authour followeth; vvhowho is repeated, with a speciall fauour of his.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · 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.