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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5900 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

notvvithstandingnotwithstanding

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

Puritas changed it
182 times in 75 works
Consistency
100% (182 of 182)
Reach if approved
~191 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: notwithstanding
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
182 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (182 changes in 75 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 182)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … knovv, that the vvitnesse and not the testimonie is to be believed, they alledge notvvithstandingnotwithstanding some counterfeit, some corrupted authors, and some late schoolmen, for the ancient Fathers against …
    With rule
    … knovv, that the vvitnesse and not the testimonie is to be believed, they alledge notvvithstandingnotwithstanding some counterfeit, some corrupted authors, and some late schoolmen, for the ancient Fathers against …

    David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Secondly, Their God, that God that yet they may have hope to enjoy, notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding all their departings from him. Hence the note is this, The apprehenſion o… a …
    With rule
    Secondly, Their God, that God that yet they may have hope to enjoy, notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding all their departings from him. Hence the note is this, The apprehenſion o… a …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 1-3 · p. 522 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … notvvithstandingnotwithstanding their supposed continuing distinction, as fitly, as our Soul and Body united, are, notvvithstandingnotwithstanding their continuing distinction, called one Man. And I do sincerely profess such an union …
    With rule
    … notvvithstandingnotwithstanding their supposed continuing distinction, as fitly, as our Soul and Body united, are, notvvithstandingnotwithstanding their continuing distinction, called one Man. And I do sincerely profess such an union …

    John Howe · Inquiry Concerning the Possibility of a Trinity in the Godhead · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and, if in the former caſe particular perſons are allovved to defend their rights, notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding of theſe acts: Then much more may private Perſones be allovved to defend Chriſt's …
    With rule
    … and, if in the former caſe particular perſons are allovved to defend their rights, notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding of theſe acts: Then much more may private Perſones be allovved to defend Chriſt's …

    James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … temperatly. Hovvbeit for all this, I profeſſe theſe tvvo are truly man and vvife notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding: Novv euen ſo our Churches and Miniſters, &c.
    With rule
    … temperatly. Hovvbeit for all this, I profeſſe theſe tvvo are truly man and vvife notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding: Novv euen ſo our Churches and Miniſters, &c.

    Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and quoted for proofe or declaration, infinite places of Scripture. All the vvhich paines notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding, I confeſſe and acknowvledge, that I am farre from handling of manie points exactly …
    With rule
    … and quoted for proofe or declaration, infinite places of Scripture. All the vvhich paines notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding, I confeſſe and acknowvledge, that I am farre from handling of manie points exactly …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … mourning wi… … Magdalene: alas, vvhat neede haue vvee of ſtilling: No, vvee are laughing, notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding of all th…ſe judgements that approach faſt, and are neare at hand: they …
    With rule
    … mourning wi… … Magdalene: alas, vvhat neede haue vvee of ſtilling: No, vvee are laughing, notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding of all th…ſe judgements that approach faſt, and are neare at hand: they …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 322 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … our diſputation only: but would haue him remoued from the hearing of it altogether: notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding that it vvas promiſed faithfullie, both by him and mee, and al the gentlemen …
    With rule
    … our diſputation only: but would haue him remoued from the hearing of it altogether: notvvithſtandingnotwithstanding that it vvas promiſed faithfullie, both by him and mee, and al the gentlemen …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · 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.