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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5954 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

allovvableallowable

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

Puritas changed it
5 times in 5 works
Consistency
100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved
~5 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: allowable
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
5 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5 changes in 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of God, and vvholly tendeth to no other end, but to glorifie GOD, is allovvableallowable &c.
    With rule
    … of God, and vvholly tendeth to no other end, but to glorifie GOD, is allovvableallowable &c.

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … conceit, & ſo to blaze that a broad: for they vvant that propertie of an allovvableallowable witneſſe, to vvit, goodwill.
    With rule
    … conceit, & ſo to blaze that a broad: for they vvant that propertie of an allovvableallowable witneſſe, to vvit, goodwill.

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 142 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … for Moſes age of 40. yeres in Pharoes court: vvhat vvarant he had: vvhat authours allovvableallowable to all Ievves vve haue for that: Hovv Rempham can ſtand in Amos, a …
    With rule
    … for Moſes age of 40. yeres in Pharoes court: vvhat vvarant he had: vvhat authours allovvableallowable to all Ievves vve haue for that: Hovv Rempham can ſtand in Amos, a …

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

  4. Printed
    … kynd of tartnes, & sting of indignation may be expressed, in pen or speech, as allovvableallowable in holy vvritt.
    With rule
    … kynd of tartnes, & sting of indignation may be expressed, in pen or speech, as allovvableallowable in holy vvritt.

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … places was of old, when they were commanded to be destroyed, in it self allovvableallowable, or unto the Lord acceptable.
    With rule
    … places was of old, when they were commanded to be destroyed, in it self allovvableallowable, or unto the Lord acceptable.

    Robert McWard · The Case of The Accommodation Proposed by the Bishop of Dunblane · p. 120 · 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.