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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6015 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

svvallovvswallow

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

Puritas changed it
18 times in 16 works
Consistency
100% (18 of 18)
Reach if approved
~19 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: swallow
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
18 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (18 changes in 16 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 18)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſin is greater, ſo muſt vve be more incens'd againſt it. We muſt not ſvvallovvswallow a Camel and ſtumble at a ſtraw; be troubled at a moat and paſs …
    With rule
    … ſin is greater, ſo muſt vve be more incens'd againſt it. We muſt not ſvvallovvswallow a Camel and ſtumble at a ſtraw; be troubled at a moat and paſs …

    James Barker · The Royal Robe · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … can, becauſe Chriſt liveth and vve have his vvord. This conſolation is able to ſvvallovvswallow up all terrors, and maketh us able to ſay, that all theſe things are …
    With rule
    … can, becauſe Chriſt liveth and vve have his vvord. This conſolation is able to ſvvallovvswallow up all terrors, and maketh us able to ſay, that all theſe things are …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Psalm 124 125 and 129 · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and ſeaſons, as ſaith the Prophet Ieremy, 8.7. The Storke, the Turtle, Crane and the SvvallovvSwallow obſerue their times and ſeaſons: there is a time when the Swallow is with …
    With rule
    … and ſeaſons, as ſaith the Prophet Ieremy, 8.7. The Storke, the Turtle, Crane and the SvvallovvSwallow obſerue their times and ſeaſons: there is a time when the Swallow is with …

    Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and that, vvith all greedineſſe, A vvanton bodie is greedie of filthineſſe, it vvill ſvvallovvswallow vp ſinne, and can neuer be ſatisfied. In the 1. Rom. he telles, the Gentiles …
    With rule
    … and that, vvith all greedineſſe, A vvanton bodie is greedie of filthineſſe, it vvill ſvvallovvswallow vp ſinne, and can neuer be ſatisfied. In the 1. Rom. he telles, the Gentiles …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 171 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſake, that this day muſt be a Sabbath day; yet as vve ſay, one ſvvallovvswallow maketh not a Sommer, ſo one Sabbath day, maketh not a conſtant practiſe: this …
    With rule
    … ſake, that this day muſt be a Sabbath day; yet as vve ſay, one ſvvallovvswallow maketh not a Sommer, ſo one Sabbath day, maketh not a conſtant practiſe: this …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 168 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and although vve ſee nothing elſe but bottomles depths before vs, making ſhevv to ſvvallovvswallow vs quite and cleane vp: yet let vs goe on vvhither ſoeuer GOD calleth …
    With rule
    … and although vve ſee nothing elſe but bottomles depths before vs, making ſhevv to ſvvallovvswallow vs quite and cleane vp: yet let vs goe on vvhither ſoeuer GOD calleth …

    John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 255 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Greateſt of all Evils: What ſlight thoughts have vve of ſin? vve can ſvvallovvswallow it, vvithout fear; vve can live in it, vvithout ſenſe; vve can commit it …
    With rule
    … the Greateſt of all Evils: What ſlight thoughts have vve of ſin? vve can ſvvallovvswallow it, vvithout fear; vve can live in it, vvithout ſenſe; vve can commit it …

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … tell fine tails, ridiculous, even to children, yet the implicite faith of Papiſts doth ſvvallovvswallow all for canonicall: vvherein God is diſhonored vvith humane inventions, and truth it ſelf …
    With rule
    … tell fine tails, ridiculous, even to children, yet the implicite faith of Papiſts doth ſvvallovvswallow all for canonicall: vvherein God is diſhonored vvith humane inventions, and truth it ſelf …

    Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 107 · 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.