Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5822 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hovvhow

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

Puritas changed it: 1,693 times in 308 works
Consistency: 100% (1,693 of 1,693)
Reach if approved: ~1,779 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: how
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,693 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,693 changes in 308 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,693)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… degree of goodneſſe, in the thing it moueth to; Now vvhen vve knovv not hovvhow abſolute for degree, theſe good things are, vve cannot loue them in perfection.
With rule
… degree of goodneſſe, in the thing it moueth to; Now vvhen vve knovv not hovvhow abſolute for degree, theſe good things are, vve cannot loue them in perfection.
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diuinely are the natures, the offices, and the vvorkes of Ieſus Christ herein deſcribed? HovvHow liuely are adulterers, drunkards, ſluggards, miſers, proud, vvrathfull, foolish, and enuious perſons, herein painted …
With rule
… diuinely are the natures, the offices, and the vvorkes of Ieſus Christ herein deſcribed? HovvHow liuely are adulterers, drunkards, ſluggards, miſers, proud, vvrathfull, foolish, and enuious perſons, herein painted …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſtoop vnto his royall Scepter, vvhen they are not ashamed of his vvord, hovvhow baſe ſoeuer they be that become ſuiters in the behalfe therof.
With rule
… to ſtoop vnto his royall Scepter, vvhen they are not ashamed of his vvord, hovvhow baſe ſoeuer they be that become ſuiters in the behalfe therof.
John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · Open in the reader
Printed
HOVVHOW the prouidence of God, whereby he doth all things, is to be conſidered: howe …
With rule
HOVVHOW the prouidence of God, whereby he doth all things, is to be conſidered: howe …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the parochiall ministery. Let myne opposite eyther disprove the former, or manifest the latter, & hovvhow, & vvhere such a ministery is to be found▪ but let him do it in …
With rule
… the parochiall ministery. Let myne opposite eyther disprove the former, or manifest the latter, & hovvhow, & vvhere such a ministery is to be found▪ but let him do it in …
John Robinson · A Manumission to a Manuduction · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that vvere true, that it vvas his vvill, that euery man ſhould be ſaued, hovvhow can it be poſſible, that tovvards one, and the ſelfe ſame perſon, God ſhould …
With rule
… that vvere true, that it vvas his vvill, that euery man ſhould be ſaued, hovvhow can it be poſſible, that tovvards one, and the ſelfe ſame perſon, God ſhould …
John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a flouriſhing people: or then, foreign Aeca the title and firſt word of Ieremiahs Lamentations, HOVVHOW? How doth the Citie ſit ſolitary that was full of people? In ſuch a …
With rule
… a flouriſhing people: or then, foreign Aeca the title and firſt word of Ieremiahs Lamentations, HOVVHOW? How doth the Citie ſit ſolitary that was full of people? In ſuch a …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bare his marke euen to their deaths) and no true Chriſtians. Alas to ſee hovvhow malice and preiudice hath blinded you. Is there not greater cauſe for vs to …
With rule
… bare his marke euen to their deaths) and no true Chriſtians. Alas to ſee hovvhow malice and preiudice hath blinded you. Is there not greater cauſe for vs to …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 35 · 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.