Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5817 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhenwhen

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

Puritas changed it: 6,472 times in 990 works
Consistency: 100% (6,472 of 6,472)
Reach if approved: ~6,802 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: when
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,474 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 2 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,472 changes in 990 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,472)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… do much discredit your humilitye and curtesye, beinge the saueg…rde of all vertues, vvhenwhen ye moue to secular parsons such questions as do not much further religion. Let …
With rule
… do much discredit your humilitye and curtesye, beinge the saueg…rde of all vertues, vvhenwhen ye moue to secular parsons such questions as do not much further religion. Let …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhenWhen the Duke of Guise thoughte all things readie enough, he called to him the …
With rule
VVhenWhen the Duke of Guise thoughte all things readie enough, he called to him the …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. lI · Open in the reader
Printed
… theyr entrance is not by Christ but by a popish and vnlavvfull vocation: that vvhenwhen the Bishops have made them Ministers, eyther they may tary in their Colledges and …
With rule
… theyr entrance is not by Christ but by a popish and vnlavvfull vocation: that vvhenwhen the Bishops have made them Ministers, eyther they may tary in their Colledges and …
Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the thing remembred requires. It containes three things; firſt, an entring into our ſelues; vvhenwhen a man returneth into his thoughts, no longer vvandring to and fro in theſe …
With rule
… the thing remembred requires. It containes three things; firſt, an entring into our ſelues; vvhenwhen a man returneth into his thoughts, no longer vvandring to and fro in theſe …
Paul Baynes · A Caveat for Cold Christians · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
VvhenWhen thou tokeſt vpon the to delyuer man, Thou dyddeſt not abhorre the virgyns wombe.
With rule
VvhenWhen thou tokeſt vpon the to delyuer man, Thou dyddeſt not abhorre the virgyns wombe.
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvho for his preaching the Goſpell to the Gentils, vvas accuſed by the Ievves, vvhenwhen hee came to Ieruſalem, and vpon his apologie in expounding to them the matter …
With rule
… vvho for his preaching the Goſpell to the Gentils, vvas accuſed by the Ievves, vvhenwhen hee came to Ieruſalem, and vpon his apologie in expounding to them the matter …
John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grace of his ſpirit vnto all as to beleeue in his ſon vnto ſaluation? VVhenWhen hee opened the heart of Lydia, why did he not alſo open the heartes …
With rule
… grace of his ſpirit vnto all as to beleeue in his ſon vnto ſaluation? VVhenWhen hee opened the heart of Lydia, why did he not alſo open the heartes …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… effectuall, even to them vnder the Lawe, much more vnto vs vnder grace: and vvhenwhen you can finde testimonie of your heart, that when you would do well, yet …
With rule
… effectuall, even to them vnder the Lawe, much more vnto vs vnder grace: and vvhenwhen you can finde testimonie of your heart, that when you would do well, yet …
Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · 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.