Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6084 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvhileswhiles

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

Puritas changed it: 97 times in 33 works
Consistency: 100% (97 of 97)
Reach if approved: ~102 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: whiles
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 97 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (97 changes in 33 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſtones, Images ſet vp in Temples, will laugh, whiles weep, whiles ſpeake to you, vvhileswhiles caſt a glance to you? And laſt, to come to one thing (for, a …
With rule
… ſtones, Images ſet vp in Temples, will laugh, whiles weep, whiles ſpeake to you, vvhileswhiles caſt a glance to you? And laſt, to come to one thing (for, a …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dead; ſo your vertues might be remembred to the glorie of God, not onely vvhileswhiles you liue, but when you ſhall be dead. Of vvhich if I ſhould ſay …
With rule
… dead; ſo your vertues might be remembred to the glorie of God, not onely vvhileswhiles you liue, but when you ſhall be dead. Of vvhich if I ſhould ſay …
Nicholas Bownd · Medicines for the Plague · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon them: but a wise man will redeeme his owne sorrowes, and feare GOD vvhileswhiles the curse hangs in the threatning though it come not yet into execution.
With rule
… vpon them: but a wise man will redeeme his owne sorrowes, and feare GOD vvhileswhiles the curse hangs in the threatning though it come not yet into execution.
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
If the Apostles, vvhileswhiles themselues liued, thought it necessary (that is, needfull and behoofefull for the well ordering …
With rule
If the Apostles, vvhileswhiles themselues liued, thought it necessary (that is, needfull and behoofefull for the well ordering …
George Downame · A Defense of the Sermon Preached at the Consecration of the Bishop of Bath · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of these bloody Villains were in short time after destroyed wi…h grievous diseases. VVhilesWhiles these things were acted by the Danes in Kent. Anno 1012. perfidious Duke Edric et …
With rule
… of these bloody Villains were in short time after destroyed wi…h grievous diseases. VVhilesWhiles these things were acted by the Danes in Kent. Anno 1012. perfidious Duke Edric et …
William Prynne · The Exact Recorder · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of fiſh, ſo where the Goſpel comes but ſeldome, perſons often highly eſteem it, vvhileswhiles the commonneſs of Manna begets a loathing of it.
With rule
… of fiſh, ſo where the Goſpel comes but ſeldome, perſons often highly eſteem it, vvhileswhiles the commonneſs of Manna begets a loathing of it.
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 717 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Banketting at this Feast of Vanitie: as the Flood came on the old World, vvhileswhiles they ate and dranke, and were merrie. Watch therefore, for you know not what …
With rule
… Banketting at this Feast of Vanitie: as the Flood came on the old World, vvhileswhiles they ate and dranke, and were merrie. Watch therefore, for you know not what …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvas to hang himſelfe. Thus vve muſt haue a care vvhither vve goe. For vvhileswhiles vve are in the flesh vve are pilgrimes from the lord.
With rule
… vvas to hang himſelfe. Thus vve muſt haue a care vvhither vve goe. For vvhileswhiles vve are in the flesh vve are pilgrimes from the lord.
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 88 · 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.