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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5911 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvitnesseswitnesses

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

Puritas changed it
203 times in 98 works
Consistency
100% (203 of 203)
Reach if approved
~213 places (estimated)
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Agrees: witnesses
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
203 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (203 changes in 98 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 203)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Apostles acted according to such a resolution, Act. 4. 19. and Daniel and the three VVitnessesWitnesses, Dan. 6. & 3. they all exercised a judgment of discerning upon the matter of their superiours …
    With rule
    … the Apostles acted according to such a resolution, Act. 4. 19. and Daniel and the three VVitnessesWitnesses, Dan. 6. & 3. they all exercised a judgment of discerning upon the matter of their superiours …

    Richard Baxter · Commissioners Petitioning for Review of Book of Common Prayer · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … God for Damnation: A conſtructive bidding God to damn you, where Hundreds may be VVitneſſesWitnesses to it; and, without God's great Grace, be poiſoned by it. [There are who …
    With rule
    … God for Damnation: A conſtructive bidding God to damn you, where Hundreds may be VVitneſſesWitnesses to it; and, without God's great Grace, be poiſoned by it. [There are who …

    Daniel Burgess · Rules for Hearing the Word of God · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … leaſt dram of his honour. The love of Chriſt hath made his Saints and VVitneſſesWitnesses yield all the parts and members of their bodies, to the cruel and mercileſſe …
    With rule
    … leaſt dram of his honour. The love of Chriſt hath made his Saints and VVitneſſesWitnesses yield all the parts and members of their bodies, to the cruel and mercileſſe …

    William Dyer · A Cabinet of Jewels · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … be our euerlaſting Prieſt, for euer, after the order of Melchiſedeke, and vvhereby hee vvitneſſeswitnesses him to be made Lord of his church, ſaying, the Lord ſaid to my …
    With rule
    … be our euerlaſting Prieſt, for euer, after the order of Melchiſedeke, and vvhereby hee vvitneſſeswitnesses him to be made Lord of his church, ſaying, the Lord ſaid to my …

    John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … this Cenſure to be paſſed on him, except it vvere fully prooved by tvvo vvitneſſeswitnesses, vvho vvere to produce a certificat of their good demeanor for the credit of …
    With rule
    … this Cenſure to be paſſed on him, except it vvere fully prooved by tvvo vvitneſſeswitnesses, vvho vvere to produce a certificat of their good demeanor for the credit of …

    John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in the Hiſtorie of the Reſurrection of IESVS CHRIST, (Beloued in Him) of ſundrie vvitneſſeswitnesses of His Reſurrection: Firſt Angels, and next vvomen: Namelie, MARIE MAGDALENE vvas the firſt …
    With rule
    … in the Hiſtorie of the Reſurrection of IESVS CHRIST, (Beloued in Him) of ſundrie vvitneſſeswitnesses of His Reſurrection: Firſt Angels, and next vvomen: Namelie, MARIE MAGDALENE vvas the firſt …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 347 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the 16. Pſalm: & to no further death then that vvhich all muſt feel, tvvo ſuch vvitneſſeswitnesses should ſetle the matter againſt the beſt renovvmed D. vvho though he vvere exalted …
    With rule
    … the 16. Pſalm: & to no further death then that vvhich all muſt feel, tvvo ſuch vvitneſſeswitnesses should ſetle the matter againſt the beſt renovvmed D. vvho though he vvere exalted …

    Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    These be the vvitnesseswitnesses, vvhich I haue to produce out of the Rej. his ovvne vvritings. All that …
    With rule
    These be the vvitnesseswitnesses, vvhich I haue to produce out of the Rej. his ovvne vvritings. All that …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · 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.