Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6058 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvastwast

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

Puritas changed it: 42 times in 24 works
Consistency: 100% (42 of 42)
Reach if approved: ~44 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: waste
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 42 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (42 changes in 24 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 42)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Families are the Decay of God's Church; they make Thin Congregations, they bring a VVastWast upon the Solemn Assemblies. What an Odious Thing is it to Loiter away the …
With rule
… Families are the Decay of God's Church; they make Thin Congregations, they bring a VVastWast upon the Solemn Assemblies. What an Odious Thing is it to Loiter away the …
Thomas Risley · The Cursed Family · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
7 He ſtretcheth out the northern coaſt vppon the vvaſtwast places, and the earthe is founded vppon nothing.
With rule
7 He ſtretcheth out the northern coaſt vppon the vvaſtwast places, and the earthe is founded vppon nothing.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 486 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rather for a mothe to dvvell in, then a man, in vvhich he shall vvastwast and spend himselfe: his building shall be of as small continuance, as the cottage …
With rule
… rather for a mothe to dvvell in, then a man, in vvhich he shall vvastwast and spend himselfe: his building shall be of as small continuance, as the cottage …
Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader
Printed
… when th… waſt in thy blood, Liue: yea I ſaid unto thee, when thou vvaſtwast in thy blood, Liue. Ezec. 16, 6. Where marke, that he ſpeaketh and repeateth it againe …
With rule
… when th… waſt in thy blood, Liue: yea I ſaid unto thee, when thou vvaſtwast in thy blood, Liue. Ezec. 16, 6. Where marke, that he ſpeaketh and repeateth it againe …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the plants of Iehoua yee may glorie; that yee may builde the auncient vvaſtwast places, that ye may reſtore the old deſerts; that yee may renew the deſolate …
With rule
… as the plants of Iehoua yee may glorie; that yee may builde the auncient vvaſtwast places, that ye may reſtore the old deſerts; that yee may renew the deſolate …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · Open in the reader
Printed
… mightest free us from Hell, raysing us up together with thy selfe. When thou vvastwast put in the tombe as a mortall man, the keepers of Hell gates shooke …
With rule
… mightest free us from Hell, raysing us up together with thy selfe. When thou vvastwast put in the tombe as a mortall man, the keepers of Hell gates shooke …
James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 317 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Psalme 75. Because vve haue handled those things (saith he) pe…ture thou vvho vvastwast vvilling before, but novv vvilt not Vovv: but m…ke vvhat the Psalme said …
With rule
… this Psalme 75. Because vve haue handled those things (saith he) pe…ture thou vvho vvastwast vvilling before, but novv vvilt not Vovv: but m…ke vvhat the Psalme said …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 484 · Open in the reader
Printed
… arme of the morning are fitlie added; in which muſt be ſupplied, Thou vvhich vvaſtwast, and ſo the faithfull ſet before them the fauours which God beſtowed vpon their …
With rule
… arme of the morning are fitlie added; in which muſt be ſupplied, Thou vvhich vvaſtwast, and ſo the faithfull ſet before them the fauours which God beſtowed vpon their …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 329 · 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.