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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5846 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ovvnown

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

Puritas changed it
525 times in 177 works
Consistency
100% (525 of 525)
Reach if approved
~552 places (estimated)
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Agrees: own
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
525 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (525 changes in 177 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 525)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … vs. as though none woulde ioyne with him, yet Wiſedome is iuſtified of her ovvnown children, and the godlye call Godlines gaine. To make vs loue Godlineſſe, he calleth …
    With rule
    … vs. as though none woulde ioyne with him, yet Wiſedome is iuſtified of her ovvnown children, and the godlye call Godlines gaine. To make vs loue Godlineſſe, he calleth …

    Henry Smith · The Benefit of Contention · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … he vvil neyther convince me with ſobrietie, nor admit of juſt reprehenſion for his ovvnown overcariage; I purpoſe no more to direct my ſtile vnto him, but turning to …
    With rule
    … he vvil neyther convince me with ſobrietie, nor admit of juſt reprehenſion for his ovvnown overcariage; I purpoſe no more to direct my ſtile vnto him, but turning to …

    Hugh Broughton · Certain Questions · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … name of indifferencie: at that time politicks and vvorldly men, more carefull of their ovvnown vvealth then of Gods trueth, gaue themselues to serue the time, and received all …
    With rule
    … name of indifferencie: at that time politicks and vvorldly men, more carefull of their ovvnown vvealth then of Gods trueth, gaue themselues to serue the time, and received all …

    David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Chriſt; take heed that vve be not found looking to any righteouſneſſe of our ovvnown; take heed vve bring no price in our hand vvhen vve come for mercie …
    With rule
    … Chriſt; take heed that vve be not found looking to any righteouſneſſe of our ovvnown; take heed vve bring no price in our hand vvhen vve come for mercie …

    Timothy Armitage · A Trial of Faith · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … loſt his goods, ſtrangled himſelf. Dinarcus Phidon at a certain great loſſe cut his ovvnown throat, to ſave the charge of a cord. When Henry the ſecond had heard …
    With rule
    … loſt his goods, ſtrangled himſelf. Dinarcus Phidon at a certain great loſſe cut his ovvnown throat, to ſave the charge of a cord. When Henry the ſecond had heard …

    Thomas Brooks · An Ark for All Gods Noahs · p. 332 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … like vnto them, ſinne only excepted, and vvherein he vvrought their redemption by his ovvnown death, & vvhen they ſhall vnderſtand, that the diſpenſation of all things is put in …
    With rule
    … like vnto them, ſinne only excepted, and vvherein he vvrought their redemption by his ovvnown death, & vvhen they ſhall vnderſtand, that the diſpenſation of all things is put in …

    John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of England exercised, vvere faulty and vnvvarrantable by the vvord▪ yet you in, your ovvnown Conscience knovv that these marks of Antichrist can not be found amongst the vvorst …
    With rule
    … of England exercised, vvere faulty and vnvvarrantable by the vvord▪ yet you in, your ovvnown Conscience knovv that these marks of Antichrist can not be found amongst the vvorst …

    Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … brethren, vvho hauing fit gifts, and are employed in the miniſtery, either in your ovvnown countrie or in England, forget not I pray you, to be remembrancers of Sion …
    With rule
    … brethren, vvho hauing fit gifts, and are employed in the miniſtery, either in your ovvnown countrie or in England, forget not I pray you, to be remembrancers of Sion …

    John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · 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.