Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6012 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

slovvslow

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

Puritas changed it: 6 times in 6 works
Consistency: 100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved: ~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: slow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6 changes in 6 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… out, hovv ſmall a piece of body may be crumbled, hovv ſvvift or hovv ſlovvslow either may be moved? And alſo, becauſe vve find the ſtuff of body of …
With rule
… out, hovv ſmall a piece of body may be crumbled, hovv ſvvift or hovv ſlovvslow either may be moved? And alſo, becauſe vve find the ſtuff of body of …
Nathaniel Fairfax · Bulk and Selvage of the World · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord vſes to dravv vs forvvard in the courſe of grace: for we are ſlovvslow in running, & euerie one of vs by nature is inclyned to ſluggiſhnes, & ay looking …
With rule
… Lord vſes to dravv vs forvvard in the courſe of grace: for we are ſlovvslow in running, & euerie one of vs by nature is inclyned to ſluggiſhnes, & ay looking …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… least, and are but deceined but if hertofore they haue bene eyther domme or slovvslow speakers in this cause, whē all good men vvished it, and vvhole parliaments humbly …
With rule
… least, and are but deceined but if hertofore they haue bene eyther domme or slovvslow speakers in this cause, whē all good men vvished it, and vvhole parliaments humbly …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… better then the good begining, and patience better then anger. A man muſt be ſlovvslow to anger: for anger reſteth in the boſome of fooles. As this proceedeth not …
With rule
… better then the good begining, and patience better then anger. A man muſt be ſlovvslow to anger: for anger reſteth in the boſome of fooles. As this proceedeth not …
Hugh Broughton · A Comment Upon Coheleth · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… right notable and woorthy of ſpeciall remembrance, when he ſaid, O ye fooles and ſlovvslow of hart, to beleeue all thoſe things vvhich the Prophets haue ſpoken.
With rule
… right notable and woorthy of ſpeciall remembrance, when he ſaid, O ye fooles and ſlovvslow of hart, to beleeue all thoſe things vvhich the Prophets haue ſpoken.
Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… they with sufficient reuerence be receiued. We are dull to conceiue his promises and slovvslow to remember them, we are full of doubting and vnbeleefe: we are like to …
With rule
… they with sufficient reuerence be receiued. We are dull to conceiue his promises and slovvslow to remember them, we are full of doubting and vnbeleefe: we are like to …
William Attersoll · The Badges of Christianity · p. 6 · 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.