Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6109 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvishingwishing

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

Puritas changed it: 18 times in 17 works
Consistency: 100% (18 of 18)
Reach if approved: ~19 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wishing
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 18 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (18 changes in 17 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 18)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Realme. All vvhich may argue hovv farre I am, from suche Anabaptisticall opinion of vvishingwishing no ruler or gouernour at al.
With rule
… Realme. All vvhich may argue hovv farre I am, from suche Anabaptisticall opinion of vvishingwishing no ruler or gouernour at al.
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… to concerne me For vvhat doe vve ſee here belovve, but toyling, turmoyling, greeving, vvishingwishing, hoping, fearing, vvearineſſe, yea vvretchednes in all.
With rule
… to concerne me For vvhat doe vve ſee here belovve, but toyling, turmoyling, greeving, vvishingwishing, hoping, fearing, vvearineſſe, yea vvretchednes in all.
William Loe · The Merchant Real · Open in the reader
Printed
… to your letter and demands, & therewith our louing salutations in the Lord. In vvhom vvishingwishing your peace and vvellfare, we rest.
With rule
… to your letter and demands, & therewith our louing salutations in the Lord. In vvhom vvishingwishing your peace and vvellfare, we rest.
John Robinson · The Lawfulness of Hearing of the Ministers of the Church of England · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them a rule to square their thoughtes, there is no libertie of Thinking, VVilling, VVishingWishing, Affecting, in the heart: where that candle shineth, all are framed as worthie of …
With rule
… them a rule to square their thoughtes, there is no libertie of Thinking, VVilling, VVishingWishing, Affecting, in the heart: where that candle shineth, all are framed as worthie of …
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bringeth vp again. The next deſcending to sheol is in Davids tongue, in Pſal. 55. vvishingwishing Gods enemies a deſtruction hence. Let them deſcend to sheol alive. The phraſe shevveth …
With rule
… bringeth vp again. The next deſcending to sheol is in Davids tongue, in Pſal. 55. vvishingwishing Gods enemies a deſtruction hence. Let them deſcend to sheol alive. The phraſe shevveth …
Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · Open in the reader
Printed
… the posteritie, as the measure and example of their desires, vvhen they shall be vvishingwishing for a religious and righteous King.
With rule
… the posteritie, as the measure and example of their desires, vvhen they shall be vvishingwishing for a religious and righteous King.
David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvicked persons conspired to accuse him, binding their accusations vvith oaths and curses, one vvishingwishing to be destroyed vvith fire, if it vvere not true; another to be consumed …
With rule
… vvicked persons conspired to accuse him, binding their accusations vvith oaths and curses, one vvishingwishing to be destroyed vvith fire, if it vvere not true; another to be consumed …
Samuel Clarke · A General Martyrology · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… peacable & humane wayes, and choiſe unchriſtian, ſanguinary, and inhumane vvayes. Then the falleth a vvishingwishing that his aculeat ſayings may prick the libeller to repentance for theſe things. But …
With rule
… peacable & humane wayes, and choiſe unchriſtian, ſanguinary, and inhumane vvayes. Then the falleth a vvishingwishing that his aculeat ſayings may prick the libeller to repentance for theſe things. But …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 458 · 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.