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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6009 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shovvsshows

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

Puritas changed it
5 times in 4 works
Consistency
100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved
~5 places (estimated)
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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 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … her view, vvhich God hath prepared for them that love him, as the Apoſtle ſhovvsshows, 1 Cor. 2. 9, 10. and vvhich are hid from all thoſe vvho periſh.
    With rule
    … her view, vvhich God hath prepared for them that love him, as the Apoſtle ſhovvsshows, 1 Cor. 2. 9, 10. and vvhich are hid from all thoſe vvho periſh.

    William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the Serpent: & shall bruſe to povvder the Serpents head. VVher vve ſee that he shovvsshows hovv matter opened here shall fully cary a victory, vvhen the percing of the …
    With rule
    … the Serpent: & shall bruſe to povvder the Serpents head. VVher vve ſee that he shovvsshows hovv matter opened here shall fully cary a victory, vvhen the percing of the …

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

  3. Printed
    … them: ſo that vvere all ſeeing things ſightleſs, there vvould be no colours nor ſhovvsshows; all hearers deaf, no ſounds nor dins; all feelers numb, nothing handleſom; all taſtleſs …
    With rule
    … them: ſo that vvere all ſeeing things ſightleſs, there vvould be no colours nor ſhovvsshows; all hearers deaf, no ſounds nor dins; all feelers numb, nothing handleſom; all taſtleſs …

    Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    This ſhovvsshows that her labour vvas moſt hard and dangerous, the child coming not according to …
    With rule
    This ſhovvsshows that her labour vvas moſt hard and dangerous, the child coming not according to …

    Arthur Jackson · A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … by whom ſhe was with child, there was no further proceeding againſt her, which ſhovvsshows the judgement was much in his power. Nor is that argument of any great …
    With rule
    … by whom ſhe was with child, there was no further proceeding againſt her, which ſhovvsshows the judgement was much in his power. Nor is that argument of any great …

    Arthur Jackson · A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures · p. 81 · 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.