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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5844 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ansvveranswer

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

Puritas changed it
470 times in 151 works
Consistency
100% (470 of 470)
Reach if approved
~502 places (estimated)
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Agrees: answer
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
478 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (470 changes in 151 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 470)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be a Chriſtian: by the CNOſtantinopolitans Ievves petition of inſtruction from England, and by anſvveranswer to him. And all vvould admire the Nevv Teſtament: being expounded according to theyr …
    With rule
    … be a Chriſtian: by the CNOſtantinopolitans Ievves petition of inſtruction from England, and by anſvveranswer to him. And all vvould admire the Nevv Teſtament: being expounded according to theyr …

    Hugh Broughton · A Reply Upon Winton · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not to the plea about their diviſion, vvhich vvas made before. Yet notvvithſtanding the anſvveranswer vvhich follovves here to their fift and next exception, will both give ſome light …
    With rule
    … not to the plea about their diviſion, vvhich vvas made before. Yet notvvithſtanding the anſvveranswer vvhich follovves here to their fift and next exception, will both give ſome light …

    Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to deface it, to rage against it, & to persecute it. VVhē such as cā ansvveranswer you are driuen avvay by your tiranny, and you … the chaires alone: then you …
    With rule
    … to deface it, to rage against it, & to persecute it. VVhē such as cā ansvveranswer you are driuen avvay by your tiranny, and you … the chaires alone: then you …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … are the people of God, and under his covenant in Chriſt: he fynding no anſvveranswer or cavill hereabout, ſaith now here, that they deny not, but there may be …
    With rule
    … are the people of God, and under his covenant in Chriſt: he fynding no anſvveranswer or cavill hereabout, ſaith now here, that they deny not, but there may be …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … a godly act of thoſe vvhich perſwaded Pope Pius Bulls: the ſumme of their anſvveranswer is only this: that becauſe they haue felt the ſmart, therefore it is inconuenient …
    With rule
    … a godly act of thoſe vvhich perſwaded Pope Pius Bulls: the ſumme of their anſvveranswer is only this: that becauſe they haue felt the ſmart, therefore it is inconuenient …

    Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    If it be asked then, what they are, and whereto they serue? I ansvveranswer, they are no better then the deuills sacraments and vvatchvvords, to cause him to …
    With rule
    If it be asked then, what they are, and whereto they serue? I ansvveranswer, they are no better then the deuills sacraments and vvatchvvords, to cause him to …

    William Perkins · The Damned Art of Witchcraft · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … whatsoever God foreseeth be willeth, and it cannot but come to passe: vvhereto they ansvveranswer, that God foreseeth all things, good and evill, but he willeth onely good. And …
    With rule
    … whatsoever God foreseeth be willeth, and it cannot but come to passe: vvhereto they ansvveranswer, that God foreseeth all things, good and evill, but he willeth onely good. And …

    Henry Ainsworth · Censure Upon the Dialogue of the Anabaptists · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    ANSVVERANSWER
    With rule
    ANSVVERANSWER

    John White · The Planters Plea · p. 56 · 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.