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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5906 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhanwhan

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

Puritas changed it
45 times in 8 works
Consistency
100% (45 of 45)
Reach if approved
~47 places (estimated)
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Disagrees: when
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
45 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (45 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 45)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    VVhanWhan Iuſtice beganne
    With rule
    VVhanWhan Iuſtice beganne

    Robert Crowley · Thirty-One Epigrams · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    VVhanWhan Odo the Byshopp of Salysburye …as elected Archebyshopp of Caunterburye in the yeare of …
    With rule
    VVhanWhan Odo the Byshopp of Salysburye …as elected Archebyshopp of Caunterburye in the yeare of …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    VvhanWhan this boke wolde not helpe towardes anye reformacyon / but was law hed to scorne …
    With rule
    VvhanWhan this boke wolde not helpe towardes anye reformacyon / but was law hed to scorne …

    John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … iii. VvhanWhan shall Gods sonne be vnto you no signe of contradiccyon? Luke. ii. VvhanWhan shall his verite be reuerêtlye vsed amonge you? I feare me / neuer / so longe …
    With rule
    … iii. VvhanWhan shall Gods sonne be vnto you no signe of contradiccyon? Luke. ii. VvhanWhan shall his verite be reuerêtlye vsed amonge you? I feare me / neuer / so longe …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    1 And vvhanwhan the thousande yeares are expyred. 2. Sathan shall be loosed out of prison, 3. and shall …
    With rule
    1 And vvhanwhan the thousande yeares are expyred. 2. Sathan shall be loosed out of prison, 3. and shall …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſynne, and to do the workes of mercye) as doth the deuyll of hell. VvhanWhan delyuer yow the oppreſſed? VvhanWhan dyſolue yow vngolye promiſes? whan hūger yow for the …
    With rule
    … ſynne, and to do the workes of mercye) as doth the deuyll of hell. VvhanWhan delyuer yow the oppreſſed? VvhanWhan dyſolue yow vngolye promiſes? whan hūger yow for the …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    O flesh, vvhanwhan I do ſee ſo faire
    With rule
    O flesh, vvhanwhan I do ſee ſo faire

    Henrich Bullinger · The Hope of the Faithful · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … wycked, betwene the ſeruaūte of God & the deſpyſer of hym. Malachie the .iii. chapter. VvhanWhan the LORDE Ieſus ſhall ſhevve hymſelfe from heauē, vvith his myghty angelles, in flamynge …
    With rule
    … wycked, betwene the ſeruaūte of God & the deſpyſer of hym. Malachie the .iii. chapter. VvhanWhan the LORDE Ieſus ſhall ſhevve hymſelfe from heauē, vvith his myghty angelles, in flamynge …

    Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · 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.