Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5840 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhetherwhether

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

Puritas changed it: 1,273 times in 340 works
Consistency: 100% (1,273 of 1,273)
Reach if approved: ~1,338 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whether
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,273 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,273 changes in 340 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,273)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… For in anſvvering whether it be expedient in theſe daies to excommunicate Kings, and vvhetherwhether it be a godly act of thoſe vvhich perſwaded Pope Pius Bulls: the ſumme …
With rule
… For in anſvvering whether it be expedient in theſe daies to excommunicate Kings, and vvhetherwhether it be a godly act of thoſe vvhich perſwaded Pope Pius Bulls: the ſumme …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man, that they be no fighters but soft, shevving all meekenesse unto all men, vvhetherwhether they be good or badde. This gentlenesse standeth in these pointes: First to speake …
With rule
… man, that they be no fighters but soft, shevving all meekenesse unto all men, vvhetherwhether they be good or badde. This gentlenesse standeth in these pointes: First to speake …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 415 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iquity or reasons they have for bowing to or towards Communion-Tables or Altars; VVhetherWhether their cringing and bowing be a divine ado…ation, or only a civill worship …
With rule
… iquity or reasons they have for bowing to or towards Communion-Tables or Altars; VVhetherWhether their cringing and bowing be a divine ado…ation, or only a civill worship …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
10 Which died for vs, that vvhetherwhether vve vvake or ſleepe, vve ſhold liue together vvith him.
With rule
10 Which died for vs, that vvhetherwhether vve vvake or ſleepe, vve ſhold liue together vvith him.
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the iniquitye of Rome, and so in diuers other places: I say not vvhetherwhether it be so fitly expounded yea or no, but of the trechery of this …
With rule
… of the iniquitye of Rome, and so in diuers other places: I say not vvhetherwhether it be so fitly expounded yea or no, but of the trechery of this …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
But speciall fauours require speciall thanks, vvhetherwhether
With rule
But speciall fauours require speciall thanks, vvhetherwhether
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
26 VVhetherWhether wee may vſe ſuperſtitious, and vngodly Phyſitians. Pag. 137
With rule
26 VVhetherWhether wee may vſe ſuperſtitious, and vngodly Phyſitians. Pag. 137
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Sheriffe or other of his Majesties Officers be bound to assist them, and vvhetherwhether each severall Bishop having a severall commission, may (calling to him 3. or moe commissioners …
With rule
… the Sheriffe or other of his Majesties Officers be bound to assist them, and vvhetherwhether each severall Bishop having a severall commission, may (calling to him 3. or moe commissioners …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 44 · 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.