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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5856 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhencewhence

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

Puritas changed it
302 times in 150 works
Consistency
100% (302 of 302)
Reach if approved
~317 places (estimated)
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Agrees: whence
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
302 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (302 changes in 150 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 302)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … brought tidings off Chriſts Reſurection to the eleven, & others that were with them: Luke. 24.33.34.36. VVhenceWhence it is evident that Cleopas, the other Diſciple, the eleven, & others were together: This …
    With rule
    … brought tidings off Chriſts Reſurection to the eleven, & others that were with them: Luke. 24.33.34.36. VVhenceWhence it is evident that Cleopas, the other Diſciple, the eleven, & others were together: This …

    John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … birth, is to ſhew, whence it is not. Not of bloud; not of man. VVhenceWhence is it then? Of God. God ſometimes notes the nature of the God head …
    With rule
    … birth, is to ſhew, whence it is not. Not of bloud; not of man. VVhenceWhence is it then? Of God. God ſometimes notes the nature of the God head …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 466 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Circumciſion, and reteining the names of Abrahā, Selyman or Salomon, Ioſeph, and ſuch, shevve vvhencewhence they come for great part: and ioyne vvith Iſmael. VVhere 11 12 13 Reſt. 14 15 1 16 2 17 3 630 18 4 270 19 3300 5 Sanacharib or Sargon …
    With rule
    … Circumciſion, and reteining the names of Abrahā, Selyman or Salomon, Ioſeph, and ſuch, shevve vvhencewhence they come for great part: and ioyne vvith Iſmael. VVhere 11 12 13 Reſt. 14 15 1 16 2 17 3 630 18 4 270 19 3300 5 Sanacharib or Sargon …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Queſtion. VVHenceWhence is the will of God to be learned?
    With rule
    Queſtion. VVHenceWhence is the will of God to be learned?

    John Carter · Winter Evenings Communication with Novices in Religion · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … which is required in the couenant, to lay hold on the free promiſe? And vvhencewhence haue the promiſes their ſtrength but from the conſtant nature of Iehoua, who giueth …
    With rule
    … which is required in the couenant, to lay hold on the free promiſe? And vvhencewhence haue the promiſes their ſtrength but from the conſtant nature of Iehoua, who giueth …

    Ezekiel Culverwell · A Treatise of Faith · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Frō vvhencewhence vvith helhoūdes threatning loke the sparkling fier flyes▪
    With rule
    Frō vvhencewhence vvith helhoūdes threatning loke the sparkling fier flyes▪

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … novve haſt not? The preacher vvill tell thee that god is the ocean from vvhencewhence they ebe, & flovve. Secondly from a diabollicall ſuggeſtion. For the deuill could ſay ALL …
    With rule
    … novve haſt not? The preacher vvill tell thee that god is the ocean from vvhencewhence they ebe, & flovve. Secondly from a diabollicall ſuggeſtion. For the deuill could ſay ALL …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … when he shall come vnto an other place, HE IS NOT IN THAT PLACE VVHENCEWHENCE HE COMES. To helpe the matter, they vse to distinguish thus. Christs bodie in …
    With rule
    … when he shall come vnto an other place, HE IS NOT IN THAT PLACE VVHENCEWHENCE HE COMES. To helpe the matter, they vse to distinguish thus. Christs bodie in …

    William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 357 · 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.