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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6013 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

snovvsnow

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

Puritas changed it
9 times in 6 works
Consistency
100% (9 of 9)
Reach if approved
~9 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: snow
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
9 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9 changes in 6 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … no neede to borrovv either light from the fire-flaſh, or vvhitenes frō ye ſnovvsnow, or hue, or hotnes from the fire, to ſet foorth His glory, for all …
    With rule
    … no neede to borrovv either light from the fire-flaſh, or vvhitenes frō ye ſnovvsnow, or hue, or hotnes from the fire, to ſet foorth His glory, for all …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 272 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … soules vvith this egregious herbe, that makes it vvhite, some as vvoole, others as snovvsnow, according to the proportion of euery mans compassion and almes.
    With rule
    … soules vvith this egregious herbe, that makes it vvhite, some as vvoole, others as snovvsnow, according to the proportion of euery mans compassion and almes.

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 394 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the 10. muſt be partly gold partly leade; partly morall partly ceremoniall, as if ſnovvsnow could be partly vvhite partly blake; or a ſhadovv and ceremony placed in the …
    With rule
    … of the 10. muſt be partly gold partly leade; partly morall partly ceremoniall, as if ſnovvsnow could be partly vvhite partly blake; or a ſhadovv and ceremony placed in the …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 156 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … naked. And in ſpeach of the vvicked: that as heat maketh a riddance of ſnovvsnow: So doth Sheol of ſynnets: He meaneth by his open ſpeach, but theyr riddance …
    With rule
    … naked. And in ſpeach of the vvicked: that as heat maketh a riddance of ſnovvsnow: So doth Sheol of ſynnets: He meaneth by his open ſpeach, but theyr riddance …

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

  5. Printed
    … matter of both. But tell me, I pray thee, knowest thou what storehouses of snovvsnow and haile I haue made me, from whence I may fetch them, how often …
    With rule
    … matter of both. But tell me, I pray thee, knowest thou what storehouses of snovvsnow and haile I haue made me, from whence I may fetch them, how often …

    Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    1 As the ſnovvsnow in the Sommer, and the raine in the harueſt [are not meet]: ſo honour …
    With rule
    1 As the ſnovvsnow in the Sommer, and the raine in the harueſt [are not meet]: ſo honour …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … holy King Dauid say. Thou shalt vvash me, and J shall be vvhiter then snovvsnow: how can the blacknes of hell still remaine in his soule?
    With rule
    … holy King Dauid say. Thou shalt vvash me, and J shall be vvhiter then snovvsnow: how can the blacknes of hell still remaine in his soule?

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … as well ſay, that that which in common ſpeech they call white, as the ſnovvsnow, that it is partly white, partly blacke. The Papists are blamed for making the …
    With rule
    … as well ſay, that that which in common ſpeech they call white, as the ſnovvsnow, that it is partly white, partly blacke. The Papists are blamed for making the …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 77 · 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.