Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5940 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvishedwished

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

Puritas changed it: 32 times in 28 works
Consistency: 100% (32 of 32)
Reach if approved: ~34 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 32 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (32 changes in 28 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 32)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… have been ſo vvearied vvith hearing the voice of the oppreſſour, that they have vviſhedwished themſelves in their graves, only to get out of their hearing. And vvith us …
With rule
… have been ſo vvearied vvith hearing the voice of the oppreſſour, that they have vviſhedwished themſelves in their graves, only to get out of their hearing. And vvith us …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 424 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Chryſoſtome drove them there to ſhame, vvol be reuenged alſo of Gregorie Nazianzene, vviſhedwished to be Biſhop of Conſtantines Citie▪ and in great election, vvold quarell vvith him …
With rule
… that Chryſoſtome drove them there to ſhame, vvol be reuenged alſo of Gregorie Nazianzene, vviſhedwished to be Biſhop of Conſtantines Citie▪ and in great election, vvold quarell vvith him …
Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Mast. and such as in all peaceable vvayes and honest endeavours, have sought, vvishedwished & earnestly laboured for the promotion of the true Christian faith and religion, and such …
With rule
… his Mast. and such as in all peaceable vvayes and honest endeavours, have sought, vvishedwished & earnestly laboured for the promotion of the true Christian faith and religion, and such …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvell vvith the bodie, for his brethren the Ievves, to haue them ſaued he vviſhedwished to be condemned. There ſhould be ſuch a loue and ſuch a care of …
With rule
… vvell vvith the bodie, for his brethren the Ievves, to haue them ſaued he vviſhedwished to be condemned. There ſhould be ſuch a loue and ſuch a care of …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue bene eyther domme or slovv speakers in this cause, whē all good men vvishedwished it, and vvhole parliaments humbly besought it, whā they that be most religious prayed …
With rule
… haue bene eyther domme or slovv speakers in this cause, whē all good men vvishedwished it, and vvhole parliaments humbly besought it, whā they that be most religious prayed …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… himselfe, and make faire vveather, till hee can gaine opportunitye to effecte his longe-vvishedwished and principall desires.
With rule
… himselfe, and make faire vveather, till hee can gaine opportunitye to effecte his longe-vvishedwished and principall desires.
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvere accounted friends to Augustus. Others of greate gifts and esteeme in the Kirk vvishedwished from their hearts, that these ceremonies had never been urged, yet thought it a …
With rule
… vvere accounted friends to Augustus. Others of greate gifts and esteeme in the Kirk vvishedwished from their hearts, that these ceremonies had never been urged, yet thought it a …
David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yee ſons of men, what could I have done, or what could you have vviſhedwished me to doe, more then I have done? Behold, I am friends with you …
With rule
… yee ſons of men, what could I have done, or what could you have vviſhedwished me to doe, more then I have done? Behold, I am friends with you …
Henry Denne · Grace Mercy and Peace · p. 61 · 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.