Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5908 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhosoeverwhosoever

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

Puritas changed it: 87 times in 68 works
Consistency: 100% (87 of 87)
Reach if approved: ~91 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whosoever
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 87 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (87 changes in 68 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 87)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to all. The Apoſtle tells us, that par…i… obedience will not paſs, Jam. 2. 10. VVhoſoeverWhosoever ſhall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty …
With rule
… to all. The Apoſtle tells us, that par…i… obedience will not paſs, Jam. 2. 10. VVhoſoeverWhosoever ſhall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty …
Nathanael Vincent · The Conversion of the Soul · p. 325 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they never have enough of it. Hence it is that Chriſt ſaith in John 4. 13. VVhoſoeverWhosoever drinks of the water that I ſhll give him ſhall never thirſt more. That …
With rule
… they never have enough of it. Hence it is that Chriſt ſaith in John 4. 13. VVhoſoeverWhosoever drinks of the water that I ſhll give him ſhall never thirſt more. That …
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you blynd guydes vvhich ſay, VVhoſoeverWhosoever ſvveareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but vvhoſoeverwhosoever ſvveareth by the gold off the Temple, he offendeth. Ye fooles and blynd, vvhether …
With rule
… you blynd guydes vvhich ſay, VVhoſoeverWhosoever ſvveareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but vvhoſoeverwhosoever ſvveareth by the gold off the Temple, he offendeth. Ye fooles and blynd, vvhether …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · Open in the reader
Printed
… know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmitie with God, and vvhosoeverwhosoever is a friend to the vvorld, is an enemie to God; If vve be …
With rule
… know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmitie with God, and vvhosoeverwhosoever is a friend to the vvorld, is an enemie to God; If vve be …
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Toletus , Luther , Hoffmiſter , Guiliaudus , Poligenarus , Topiar , Anton: Gonigſton , the Rhemiſts . All theſe affirme, that vvhoſoeverwhosoever taketh upon him to preach without a Lawfull ſending, commeth in, not by a …
With rule
… Toletus , Luther , Hoffmiſter , Guiliaudus , Poligenarus , Topiar , Anton: Gonigſton , the Rhemiſts . All theſe affirme, that vvhoſoeverwhosoever taketh upon him to preach without a Lawfull ſending, commeth in, not by a …
John Canne · A Stay Against Straying · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they burst in at the gate, but VVischard taking him in his armes, said, VVhosoeverWhosoever hurts him shall hurt me, for he hath done me no mischief, but much …
With rule
… they burst in at the gate, but VVischard taking him in his armes, said, VVhosoeverWhosoever hurts him shall hurt me, for he hath done me no mischief, but much …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 369 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the want of all things; ſo much is imported, in part, in this promiſe, VVhoſoeverWhosoever drinks of this water ſhall never thirſt. 7. Albeit ſuch as enjoy the grace of …
With rule
… the want of all things; ſo much is imported, in part, in this promiſe, VVhoſoeverWhosoever drinks of this water ſhall never thirſt. 7. Albeit ſuch as enjoy the grace of …
George Hutcheson · Exposition of John · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVHOSOEVERWHOSOEVER yeeldeth up ANY TOVVNE, FORT, MAGAZINE VICTVALL, ARMES, AMVNITION, or that MENTIONETH, any such …
With rule
VVHOSOEVERWHOSOEVER yeeldeth up ANY TOVVNE, FORT, MAGAZINE VICTVALL, ARMES, AMVNITION, or that MENTIONETH, any such …
William Prynne · The Doom of Cowardice · p. 17 · 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.