Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5928 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

svvaysway

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

Puritas changed it: 10 times in 9 works
Consistency: 100% (10 of 10)
Reach if approved: ~11 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sway
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 10 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10 changes in 9 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ovvn heart vvere not vile and vvicked, cuſtome and evill example could no more ſvvaysway thee, then it doth ſome other men, vvho ſhine as lights in the midſt …
With rule
… ovvn heart vvere not vile and vvicked, cuſtome and evill example could no more ſvvaysway thee, then it doth ſome other men, vvho ſhine as lights in the midſt …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Grecians ſuch ſvveetnes & vvhitenes and vvittines of ſpeach, that to this day, they beare ſvvaysway over the vvorld: &. vvere ſtill ſpecially ſtudied at the firſt over the vveſt. Such …
With rule
… Grecians ſuch ſvveetnes & vvhitenes and vvittines of ſpeach, that to this day, they beare ſvvaysway over the vvorld: &. vvere ſtill ſpecially ſtudied at the firſt over the vveſt. Such …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… part, I am very far removed from the temptations of interest, that commonly do svvaysway and oversway in it; so I am confident, that all men equally removed from …
With rule
… part, I am very far removed from the temptations of interest, that commonly do svvaysway and oversway in it; so I am confident, that all men equally removed from …
Robert McWard · The Case of The Accommodation Proposed by the Bishop of Dunblane · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſt ſatisfied vvith that, Pythageras his foreign ſvvayed his Schollers; ſo ſhould Chriſt his foreign beare ſvvaysway vvith us: Scipio's Souldiers in Obedience to his command would leape downe from the …
With rule
… reſt ſatisfied vvith that, Pythageras his foreign ſvvayed his Schollers; ſo ſhould Chriſt his foreign beare ſvvaysway vvith us: Scipio's Souldiers in Obedience to his command would leape downe from the …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ill Kings from Thrones by a ſucceſſive ſvvaysway,
With rule
Ill Kings from Thrones by a ſucceſſive ſvvaysway,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
Least sinnes doe ore me svvaysway,
With rule
Least sinnes doe ore me svvaysway,
William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvhom the Lord hath left that right, & povver: vvhich (if the scriptures may bear svvaysway) are the particular congregations in, and vnto vvhich they are to administer. And of …
With rule
… vvhom the Lord hath left that right, & povver: vvhich (if the scriptures may bear svvaysway) are the particular congregations in, and vnto vvhich they are to administer. And of …
John Robinson · A Manumission to a Manuduction · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… said, That originall sinne, vvhich remained after iustification in the party, did beare such svvaysway, that it infected all the vvorkes of the said party, and made him miserable …
With rule
… said, That originall sinne, vvhich remained after iustification in the party, did beare such svvaysway, that it infected all the vvorkes of the said party, and made him miserable …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 109 · 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.