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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5818 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvouldwould

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

Puritas changed it
2,724 times in 429 works
Consistency
100% (2,724 of 2,724)
Reach if approved
~2,862 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: would
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,724 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,724 changes in 429 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,724)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Churches and Chappelles, what Colledges or hospitalls, woulde our newe no faith bring forth? VVouldWould not euery bishoppes wife builde a Church thinke you, or founde a Colledge in …
    With rule
    … Churches and Chappelles, what Colledges or hospitalls, woulde our newe no faith bring forth? VVouldWould not euery bishoppes wife builde a Church thinke you, or founde a Colledge in …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 341 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the image of the beast should speake, 3. And should cause that as many as vvouldwould not vvorship the Image of the beast should be killed. 4. And he made all …
    With rule
    … the image of the beast should speake, 3. And should cause that as many as vvouldwould not vvorship the Image of the beast should be killed. 4. And he made all …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    (4) Fourthly, you vvouldwould prove in your Third Exception before noted, Pag. 67. That both the breach of the …
    With rule
    (4) Fourthly, you vvouldwould prove in your Third Exception before noted, Pag. 67. That both the breach of the …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vvay to loue and embrace with all kindneſſe the people of God, which God vvouldwould take as a token of loue to himſelfe, and they ſhould haue the benefit …
    With rule
    … vvay to loue and embrace with all kindneſſe the people of God, which God vvouldwould take as a token of loue to himſelfe, and they ſhould haue the benefit …

    Paul Baynes · The Mirror or Miracle of Gods Love Unto the World of His Elect · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … can ſend mee, or any of my brethren any vvord of him, that you vvouldwould returne vs an anſvvere vvith ſpeede.
    With rule
    … can ſend mee, or any of my brethren any vvord of him, that you vvouldwould returne vs an anſvvere vvith ſpeede.

    Martin Marprelate · Theses · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … on their ſide, to d ſcomfite all thoſe that contende vvith him. Oh J vvouldwould that the vvords of the Lord ſpoken by Iſaiah the Prophet, vvere thoroughly vvritten …
    With rule
    … on their ſide, to d ſcomfite all thoſe that contende vvith him. Oh J vvouldwould that the vvords of the Lord ſpoken by Iſaiah the Prophet, vvere thoroughly vvritten …

    John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … perhaps they had rather be beholden to the Gentiles for them. For if vve vvouldwould beleive Cardinall Baronius, vve may see their lustrall vvater, and sprinkling of Scpulchres, in …
    With rule
    … perhaps they had rather be beholden to the Gentiles for them. For if vve vvouldwould beleive Cardinall Baronius, vve may see their lustrall vvater, and sprinkling of Scpulchres, in …

    William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 371 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    VVouldWould the yong man repent? his harlot steps forth, and like a Remora, stayes his …
    With rule
    VVouldWould the yong man repent? his harlot steps forth, and like a Remora, stayes his …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 31 · 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.