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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6028 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

throvvthrow

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

Puritas changed it
20 times in 15 works
Consistency
100% (20 of 20)
Reach if approved
~21 places (estimated)
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Agrees: throw
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
20 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (20 changes in 15 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 20)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … leſſe, that he pleadeth for a povver due unto them, to riſe againſt, and throvvthrow dovvne King and all Magiſtrates, ſupreame and ſubordinate, and to uſe the vindicative punishing …
    With rule
    … leſſe, that he pleadeth for a povver due unto them, to riſe againſt, and throvvthrow dovvne King and all Magiſtrates, ſupreame and ſubordinate, and to uſe the vindicative punishing …

    James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 173 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vvhat all the Drunkards in one Shire or County do devour, and vvorſe then throvvthrow away in one year: vvhen it hath been knovvn (if vve may give credit …
    With rule
    … vvhat all the Drunkards in one Shire or County do devour, and vvorſe then throvvthrow away in one year: vvhen it hath been knovvn (if vve may give credit …

    Richard Younge · A Sovereign Antidote for Recovery of Souls · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … up to Nathan by Ne…i and Melchi: and he vvas ſure to oue… throvvthrow the Goſpel, againſt all, that graunte, that Iechonias had naturallie children. For they vvho …
    With rule
    … up to Nathan by Ne…i and Melchi: and he vvas ſure to oue… throvvthrow the Goſpel, againſt all, that graunte, that Iechonias had naturallie children. For they vvho …

    Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … there you could pick out, and do ſinne ſtill, ſpeake to them, threaten them: throvvthrow out your damnatory ſentence againſt them, But ſmite not all whoſoever comes neare you …
    With rule
    … there you could pick out, and do ſinne ſtill, ſpeake to them, threaten them: throvvthrow out your damnatory ſentence againſt them, But ſmite not all whoſoever comes neare you …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … handes of those of our religion. Yea vve were able by Gods mercy, to throvvthrow out popery euen then vvhen it had more friends vvithin the land, and vvhen …
    With rule
    … handes of those of our religion. Yea vve were able by Gods mercy, to throvvthrow out popery euen then vvhen it had more friends vvithin the land, and vvhen …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Lord, babtized, a child & brought vp in our Chriſtian vniverſities, ſtudied maliciously to over throvvthrow the Goſpell & in ſix poinctes he had caught infinite milliones of ours by our …
    With rule
    … Lord, babtized, a child & brought vp in our Chriſtian vniverſities, ſtudied maliciously to over throvvthrow the Goſpell & in ſix poinctes he had caught infinite milliones of ours by our …

    Hugh Broughton · An Answer Unto a Complaint · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … aſſoon as ever that is over, vvhich gave it a ſeeming advantage, his ſins throvvthrow off that Repentance: but true Repentance alvvays overcomes, that Repentance therefore could not be …
    With rule
    … aſſoon as ever that is over, vvhich gave it a ſeeming advantage, his ſins throvvthrow off that Repentance: but true Repentance alvvays overcomes, that Repentance therefore could not be …

    Thomas Beverley · The General Inefficacy and Insincerity of a Death-Bed Repentance · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … both in its ſtrange progreſſe in ſpreading, which like a lightning doth oft go throvvthrow cities and countryes in a ſmall time; do not theſe tell aloud to the …
    With rule
    … both in its ſtrange progreſſe in ſpreading, which like a lightning doth oft go throvvthrow cities and countryes in a ſmall time; do not theſe tell aloud to the …

    Robert Flemming · The Fulfilling of the Scripture · p. 151 · 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.