Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5863 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

savvsaw

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

Puritas changed it: 169 times in 81 works
Consistency: 100% (169 of 169)
Reach if approved: ~178 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: saw
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 169 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (169 changes in 81 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 169)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his Conversion, he told them that Potamiena had prayed for him, and so he savvsaw a Crovvn put upon his head, adding that it should not be long before …
With rule
… his Conversion, he told them that Potamiena had prayed for him, and so he savvsaw a Crovvn put upon his head, adding that it should not be long before …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
12. He would be putting of Chriſtians upon ſpiritual diſcourſe vvhen he ſavvsaw them, and ſeemed little ſatisfied; unleſs they vvere talking of good things.
With rule
12. He would be putting of Chriſtians upon ſpiritual diſcourſe vvhen he ſavvsaw them, and ſeemed little ſatisfied; unleſs they vvere talking of good things.
James Janeway · A Token for Children · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diſtinct Republiks, as they had ſeen it convenient: No previous neceſſity, ſave that they ſavvsaw if for their only advantage to do as they did, conſtraining them to the …
With rule
… diſtinct Republiks, as they had ſeen it convenient: No previous neceſſity, ſave that they ſavvsaw if for their only advantage to do as they did, conſtraining them to the …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them in the obſerving of the Firſt commandement, he ſaith not. The contrary you ſavvsaw before proved in 2. King. 17.30.31.
With rule
… them in the obſerving of the Firſt commandement, he ſaith not. The contrary you ſavvsaw before proved in 2. King. 17.30.31.
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the world, was to David an occasion of a sore temptation. For when he savvsaw the wicked to prosper alway, and their riches to increase, he brake foorth and …
With rule
… the world, was to David an occasion of a sore temptation. For when he savvsaw the wicked to prosper alway, and their riches to increase, he brake foorth and …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvords also are fitly translated Rule; as poimainein, Rev. 2. 7. and proistasthai, Rom. 12 8. and he savvsaw before his eyes, hovv I alleged for teaching and ruling 1. Tim. 5. 17. vvhere this later …
With rule
… vvords also are fitly translated Rule; as poimainein, Rev. 2. 7. and proistasthai, Rom. 12 8. and he savvsaw before his eyes, hovv I alleged for teaching and ruling 1. Tim. 5. 17. vvhere this later …
Henry Ainsworth · A Defense of the Holy Scriptures · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vſe of their ovvne, for oppreſſours vnreſiſtable are in every place: that the heathen ſavvsaw hovv it vvas beſt never to have bene, & next, to dye quickly. Envy of …
With rule
… vſe of their ovvne, for oppreſſours vnreſiſtable are in every place: that the heathen ſavvsaw hovv it vvas beſt never to have bene, & next, to dye quickly. Envy of …
Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he confeſſed vvas evill in him, and ſo ſayd he (as now he playnely ſavvsaw) vvas the dealing of thoſe men tovvards me, vvhich he perceived to be rather …
With rule
… he confeſſed vvas evill in him, and ſo ſayd he (as now he playnely ſavvsaw) vvas the dealing of thoſe men tovvards me, vvhich he perceived to be rather …
Francis Johnson · Concerning a Book by Christopher Lawne · p. 122 · 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.