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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5897 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

follovvfollow

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

Puritas changed it
228 times in 95 works
Consistency
100% (228 of 228)
Reach if approved
~240 places (estimated)
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Agrees: follow
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
228 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (228 changes in 95 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 228)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the lavves of the lād did esteeme this iurisdiction civill, yet it doeth not follovvfollow that therfore it is such in deed: because they misesteeme diverse things. 3. That the …
    With rule
    … the lavves of the lād did esteeme this iurisdiction civill, yet it doeth not follovvfollow that therfore it is such in deed: because they misesteeme diverse things. 3. That the …

    William Ames · A Second Manuduction · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not I pray the mentioning of them ill, for they will by unstrained consequence follovvfollow to be condemned by the former rules.
    With rule
    … not I pray the mentioning of them ill, for they will by unstrained consequence follovvfollow to be condemned by the former rules.

    James Durham · Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the glory of all Chriſtendom: let vs (I ſay) the Chriſtians of bappy England follovvfollow, to wit, in obedience, this ſtarre of the Worde, to the houſe where Chriſt …
    With rule
    … the glory of all Chriſtendom: let vs (I ſay) the Chriſtians of bappy England follovvfollow, to wit, in obedience, this ſtarre of the Worde, to the houſe where Chriſt …

    Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 139 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Chriſt ſuffered for vs (ſaith he) leauing vnto vs an example that vve should follovvfollow his ſteppes. But he ſpeaketh here of that high crucifying, wherby ſinne, the deuil …
    With rule
    … Chriſt ſuffered for vs (ſaith he) leauing vnto vs an example that vve should follovvfollow his ſteppes. But he ſpeaketh here of that high crucifying, wherby ſinne, the deuil …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and that glorie that ſhall appeare. Thereafter he commes to that effect that ſhall follovvfollow there-vpon. The firſt effect, ſhall be the reſurrection of the dead; ere euer …
    With rule
    … and that glorie that ſhall appeare. Thereafter he commes to that effect that ſhall follovvfollow there-vpon. The firſt effect, ſhall be the reſurrection of the dead; ere euer …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 217 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … worship, thinking therby to vvard off all blovves. Though it be a vvearynes to follovvfollow such an empty clovvd; yet for help to the vveak, I vvil briefly shew …
    With rule
    … worship, thinking therby to vvard off all blovves. Though it be a vvearynes to follovvfollow such an empty clovvd; yet for help to the vveak, I vvil briefly shew …

    Henry Ainsworth · A Defense of the Holy Scriptures · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … that the common saying is verified in him, (one absurdity being graunted, a thousand follovvfollow after.) But doth he know no other meanes then Baptisme to recouer one cut …
    With rule
    … that the common saying is verified in him, (one absurdity being graunted, a thousand follovvfollow after.) But doth he know no other meanes then Baptisme to recouer one cut …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 150 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vvith the Magistrate to remove, or rather not to reinduce this passive scandall, and follovvfollow the example of good Ezekias. For this invention of man, hath beene, is, and …
    With rule
    … vvith the Magistrate to remove, or rather not to reinduce this passive scandall, and follovvfollow the example of good Ezekias. For this invention of man, hath beene, is, and …

    David Calderwood · A Defense of our Arguments Against Kneeling in Receiving the Lords Supper · 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.