Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6045 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvanwan

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

Puritas changed it: 9 times in 7 works
Consistency: 100% (9 of 9)
Reach if approved: ~9 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wan
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 7 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… this vvorld: that here the prince of this vvorld should leeſe all that he vvanwan: & in this vvorld the kingdome of heauen should bear open cō feſſion. Here Adam …
With rule
… this vvorld: that here the prince of this vvorld should leeſe all that he vvanwan: & in this vvorld the kingdome of heauen should bear open cō feſſion. Here Adam …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dreadfull death: ſee that mouth which ſpeak as never man ſpake, hovv it is vvanwan vvith ſtroaks, grim vvith death, and embittered with that tarteſt potion of gall and …
With rule
… dreadfull death: ſee that mouth which ſpeak as never man ſpake, hovv it is vvanwan vvith ſtroaks, grim vvith death, and embittered with that tarteſt potion of gall and …
Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… where you may read them. I ſhall inſert only 3 of them made at Venetingum (VVanWan…ige, as ſome take it.)
With rule
… where you may read them. I ſhall inſert only 3 of them made at Venetingum (VVanWan…ige, as ſome take it.)
William Prynne · Vindication of Fundamental Rights and Governments of English Freemen · p. 180 · Open in the reader
Printed
… noble menne as this was / verye fewe or in a maner non at all. VvanWan I somtyme reade the workes of some menne lerned / I maruele not a lytle …
With rule
… noble menne as this was / verye fewe or in a maner non at all. VvanWan I somtyme reade the workes of some menne lerned / I maruele not a lytle …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
Printed
Then sitts he pale, & vvanwan▪
With rule
Then sitts he pale, & vvanwan▪
William Loe · Songs of Zion · Open in the reader
Printed
… his ovvne sons and especially hys sonne Rychard made open vvarre against him and vvanwan from him a part of Normandie, by the helpe of his trustie friend Lewes …
With rule
… his ovvne sons and especially hys sonne Rychard made open vvarre against him and vvanwan from him a part of Normandie, by the helpe of his trustie friend Lewes …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſoone died. After, Megas ſetteth vpō Grece, clayming that, his: vvhich Sel…ucus Nicator vvanwan from Lyſimachus. The Conſul of Cittim or Rome foyleth him. He ſpoyleth the PLESANT …
With rule
… ſoone died. After, Megas ſetteth vpō Grece, clayming that, his: vvhich Sel…ucus Nicator vvanwan from Lyſimachus. The Conſul of Cittim or Rome foyleth him. He ſpoyleth the PLESANT …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Idolaters dissembling theyr ovvne or making semblant of the true religiō, fayre & foftly vvanwan by little & little through familiarity & mutuall conuersation of lyfe after mariage by a stealing …
With rule
… the Idolaters dissembling theyr ovvne or making semblant of the true religiō, fayre & foftly vvanwan by little & little through familiarity & mutuall conuersation of lyfe after mariage by a stealing …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · 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.