Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5848 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhywhy

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

Puritas changed it: 1,807 times in 444 works
Consistency: 100% (1,807 of 1,807)
Reach if approved: ~1,899 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: why
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,807 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,807 changes in 444 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,807)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… doe I doe not, but the euill that I woulde not, that I doe? VVhyWhy willeth not Paule that whyche God willeth, or why willeth Paule that which God …
With rule
… doe I doe not, but the euill that I woulde not, that I doe? VVhyWhy willeth not Paule that whyche God willeth, or why willeth Paule that which God …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mark, hovv the Apoſtle makes it a ſtrong reaſon, in the 1. Cor. chap. 6. verſ. 13. vvhywhy men ſhould not eate of any meat vvith offence of their brethren: ſaying, meat …
With rule
… mark, hovv the Apoſtle makes it a ſtrong reaſon, in the 1. Cor. chap. 6. verſ. 13. vvhywhy men ſhould not eate of any meat vvith offence of their brethren: ſaying, meat …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… VVhyWhy elſe did our Sauiour call the Phariſies, hypocrites, Serpents and generations of Vipers? VVhyWhy ſayd S. Paule of the falſe Apoſtles, beware of dogges? Ye haue drawen many …
With rule
… VVhyWhy elſe did our Sauiour call the Phariſies, hypocrites, Serpents and generations of Vipers? VVhyWhy ſayd S. Paule of the falſe Apoſtles, beware of dogges? Ye haue drawen many …
George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hoc est Corpus meum) is a most valide Reason, furnished by him, vnto vs, VVhyWhy we doe, and should, reject all thinges in the Masse, which doeth not flowe …
With rule
… Hoc est Corpus meum) is a most valide Reason, furnished by him, vnto vs, VVhyWhy we doe, and should, reject all thinges in the Masse, which doeth not flowe …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… O Iſrael. Th… is our duty then, of vvhic… vvee alſo formerly heard but vvhywhy are vvee thus t… prepare? that follovves For loe, he that formeth th… mountaines …
With rule
… O Iſrael. Th… is our duty then, of vvhic… vvee alſo formerly heard but vvhywhy are vvee thus t… prepare? that follovves For loe, he that formeth th… mountaines …
Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the glory of god, vvhich othervviſe is but hiprocriſie, And this is the cauſe vvhywhy it is accepted of god for Chriſt his ſake othervviſe all our goodnes vvere …
With rule
… the glory of god, vvhich othervviſe is but hiprocriſie, And this is the cauſe vvhywhy it is accepted of god for Chriſt his ſake othervviſe all our goodnes vvere …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… miniſtrie be no ſinne, why are they ordained to preach the vvord of God; vvhywhy are they made to promiſe to giue faithfull diligence; to miniſter the doctrine & Sacraments …
With rule
… miniſtrie be no ſinne, why are they ordained to preach the vvord of God; vvhywhy are they made to promiſe to giue faithfull diligence; to miniſter the doctrine & Sacraments …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord bleſſed him, and encreaſed him. Are they afrayd of the rebukes of man? vvhywhy they ſeeke the righteous vvayes of the Lord, and therefore he commandeth them not …
With rule
… Lord bleſſed him, and encreaſed him. Are they afrayd of the rebukes of man? vvhywhy they ſeeke the righteous vvayes of the Lord, and therefore he commandeth them not …
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.