Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6094 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvightwight

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

Puritas changed it: 20 times in 11 works
Consistency: 100% (20 of 20)
Reach if approved: ~21 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wight
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 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 20)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it, but two dayes before his removal by the Army from the Isle of VVightWight, in order to his execution.
With rule
… it, but two dayes before his removal by the Army from the Isle of VVightWight, in order to his execution.
William Prynne · Narrative of what was Spoken by Mr Prynne · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, but two dayes before his removal by the Army from the Iſle of VVightWight, in order to his execution.
With rule
… it, but two dayes before his removal by the Army from the Iſle of VVightWight, in order to his execution.
William Prynne · Narrative of what was Spoken by Mr Prynne 2 · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Members, for not declaring their diſ-ſatisfaction to the Treaty in the Iſle of VVightWight.
With rule
… Members, for not declaring their diſ-ſatisfaction to the Treaty in the Iſle of VVightWight.
Oliver St John · Concerning His Actions During the Late Troubles · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… write 40) ſhips, out of Flanders, forced Taxes and Tribute out of the Iſle of VVightWight, took booties and Mariners to ſerve in his Navy on the Sea coaſts of …
With rule
… write 40) ſhips, out of Flanders, forced Taxes and Tribute out of the Iſle of VVightWight, took booties and Mariners to ſerve in his Navy on the Sea coaſts of …
William Prynne · Vindication of Fundamental Rights and Governments of English Freemen · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… write 40) ſhips, out of Flanders, forced Taxes and Tribute out of the Iſle of VVightWight, took booties and Mariners to ſerve in his Navy on the Sea coaſts of …
With rule
… write 40) ſhips, out of Flanders, forced Taxes and Tribute out of the Iſle of VVightWight, took booties and Mariners to ſerve in his Navy on the Sea coaſts of …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 3 · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of late I vvas the vvelthiest vvightwight vvithin the heauenly cope,
With rule
Of late I vvas the vvelthiest vvightwight vvithin the heauenly cope,
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
The VVightWight and Man, that two braue Ilands be.
With rule
The VVightWight and Man, that two braue Ilands be.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
The Treaty and Diſpute in the Iſle of VVightWight 343, 344
With rule
The Treaty and Diſpute in the Iſle of VVightWight 343, 344
William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · 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.