Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6008 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shovvershower

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

Puritas changed it: 4 times in 4 works
Consistency: 100% (4 of 4)
Reach if approved: ~4 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shower
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4 changes in 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 4)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the dus… That is the cause of the Prophe… lamentation. Indeed vvho vvould not shovvershower dovvne teares to … the holy place de…iled, & Ierusa… made an heape of stones …
With rule
… the dus… That is the cause of the Prophe… lamentation. Indeed vvho vvould not shovvershower dovvne teares to … the holy place de…iled, & Ierusa… made an heape of stones …
William Loe · Songs of Zion · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall deſtroy the world, ſhall come as a Thief in the night, as that ſhovvershower of fire and Brimſtone fell upon Sodom.
With rule
… ſhall deſtroy the world, ſhall come as a Thief in the night, as that ſhovvershower of fire and Brimſtone fell upon Sodom.
Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe and muſt confeſſe themſelves unvvorthy of the leaſt outward mercy, even of a ſhovvershower of raine, or of a ſheafe of corne, and they ought to praiſe God …
With rule
… doe and muſt confeſſe themſelves unvvorthy of the leaſt outward mercy, even of a ſhovvershower of raine, or of a ſheafe of corne, and they ought to praiſe God …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 22-26 · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to giue eare to the vvords of your mouth, as it vvere to a shovvershower of raine after Harueste. For vve cannot but aunsvveare to those thinges vvhich vve …
With rule
… to giue eare to the vvords of your mouth, as it vvere to a shovvershower of raine after Harueste. For vve cannot but aunsvveare to those thinges vvhich vve …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 96 · 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.