Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6017 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

svvearswear

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

Puritas changed it: 11 times in 11 works
Consistency: 100% (11 of 11)
Reach if approved: ~12 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: swear
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 11 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11 changes in 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 11)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… directed to no other but God. Therefore God commands (as we heard before) to ſvvearswear onely by him. Thou ſhalt fear the Lord thy God, him ſhalt thou ſerve …
With rule
… directed to no other but God. Therefore God commands (as we heard before) to ſvvearswear onely by him. Thou ſhalt fear the Lord thy God, him ſhalt thou ſerve …
Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what they will, and preach themſelves whorce, yet we will drink, and ſwagger, and ſvvearswear; are not all theſe the conditions of no ſmal fools? What, they take on …
With rule
… what they will, and preach themſelves whorce, yet we will drink, and ſwagger, and ſvvearswear; are not all theſe the conditions of no ſmal fools? What, they take on …
Hugh Peters · Sermon Before His Death · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… procured (vvhich God for his mercies ſake forbid) may be aduanced, We not only ſvvearswear and bind our ſelues, not only iointly but ſeuerally, neuer to accept avovv, or …
With rule
… procured (vvhich God for his mercies ſake forbid) may be aduanced, We not only ſvvearswear and bind our ſelues, not only iointly but ſeuerally, neuer to accept avovv, or …
Peter Wentworth · A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… defence for him, printed, & ſent him, then yf he any vvit haue, he vvill ſvvearswear that my pen cleareth him from all blames vvhich he vvold faſten vpon him …
With rule
… defence for him, printed, & ſent him, then yf he any vvit haue, he vvill ſvvearswear that my pen cleareth him from all blames vvhich he vvold faſten vpon him …
Hugh Broughton · A Petition to the Lords Chancellors · Open in the reader
Printed
… used to eat mans flesh: that they vvere seditious and rebellious, and refused to svvearswear by the fortune of Caesar; and vvould not adore his Image in the Market …
With rule
… used to eat mans flesh: that they vvere seditious and rebellious, and refused to svvearswear by the fortune of Caesar; and vvould not adore his Image in the Market …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do indeed Swear or no. If they do Swear, they do heinouſly ill to ſvvearswear in ordinary communication, as vve ſhevved before. If they do not ſwear and yet …
With rule
… do indeed Swear or no. If they do Swear, they do heinouſly ill to ſvvearswear in ordinary communication, as vve ſhevved before. If they do not ſwear and yet …
Samuel Cradock · A Supplement to Knowledge and Practice · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelf, but ſhalt perform unto the Lord thine Oathes, but I ſay unto you, SvvearSwear not at all. Plain Doctrine, eaſie to be underſtood, commanded by Chriſt. Not at …
With rule
… ſelf, but ſhalt perform unto the Lord thine Oathes, but I ſay unto you, SvvearSwear not at all. Plain Doctrine, eaſie to be underſtood, commanded by Chriſt. Not at …
Thomas Mall · Truth Held Forth and Maintained · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a hiſſing and by-vvord that after ſo great a vvarning, ſhall preſume to ſvvearswear falfly or vainly, or ſo much as to utter a vvilfull lie.
With rule
… a hiſſing and by-vvord that after ſo great a vvarning, ſhall preſume to ſvvearswear falfly or vainly, or ſo much as to utter a vvilfull lie.
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 62 · 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.