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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6133 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvorkingworking

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

Puritas changed it
120 times in 65 works
Consistency
100% (120 of 120)
Reach if approved
~126 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: working
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
120 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (120 changes in 65 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 120)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … birth: The other ſort is called Actuall ſinne, that ſtandeth in a doing and vvorkingworking and vvhich floweth and proceedeth from that originall ſinne, as from the fountaine. I …
    With rule
    … birth: The other ſort is called Actuall ſinne, that ſtandeth in a doing and vvorkingworking and vvhich floweth and proceedeth from that originall ſinne, as from the fountaine. I …

    Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … joyned together and compacted by that which every joynt ſupplieth, according to the effectuall vvorkingworking, in the meaſure of every part, maketh increaſe of the body, to the edifying …
    With rule
    … joyned together and compacted by that which every joynt ſupplieth, according to the effectuall vvorkingworking, in the meaſure of every part, maketh increaſe of the body, to the edifying …

    Samuel Rutherford · The Divine Right of Church Government and Excommunication · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dvvelling place, and labour vvorkingworking vvith our ovvne handes: VVe are reuiled, vve are perſecuted, vve are euill ſpoken …
    With rule
    … and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dvvelling place, and labour vvorkingworking vvith our ovvne handes: VVe are reuiled, vve are perſecuted, vve are euill ſpoken …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 282 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … equall with them that came firſt: To teach vs, that it is not our vvorkingworking, or running, or labouring, as the apoſtle ſaieth, that crowneth or rewardeth: But our …
    With rule
    … equall with them that came firſt: To teach vs, that it is not our vvorkingworking, or running, or labouring, as the apoſtle ſaieth, that crowneth or rewardeth: But our …

    Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … preach against Papists, Atheists, Vsurers, Drunkards, Swearers, Lords of misrule, abuse of apparrel, gaming, & vvorkingworking on the sabboth day, and such like commēdable and common exercises of good neighborhood …
    With rule
    … preach against Papists, Atheists, Vsurers, Drunkards, Swearers, Lords of misrule, abuse of apparrel, gaming, & vvorkingworking on the sabboth day, and such like commēdable and common exercises of good neighborhood …

    William Burton · A Sermon Preached 21 December 1589 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Princes keepe Millions of chained ſlaues for to labour in making of ſugar, in vvorkingworking of Mines, to ſerue in Gallies at ſea, & to performe ſuch kinde of ſervility …
    With rule
    … Princes keepe Millions of chained ſlaues for to labour in making of ſugar, in vvorkingworking of Mines, to ſerue in Gallies at ſea, & to performe ſuch kinde of ſervility …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind 2 · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not God onely, but our neighbour also. Secondly, in regard of the manner of vvorkingworking. For faith worketh by receiving Christ, and all his benefits; but charity, by giving …
    With rule
    … not God onely, but our neighbour also. Secondly, in regard of the manner of vvorkingworking. For faith worketh by receiving Christ, and all his benefits; but charity, by giving …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſtreſs within, but to be fortified with arguments and reaſons: for the operations or vvorkingworking of the Will and the affections are more uncertain and more changeable then the …
    With rule
    … ſtreſs within, but to be fortified with arguments and reaſons: for the operations or vvorkingworking of the Will and the affections are more uncertain and more changeable then the …

    Thomas Hardcastle · Sermon Preached at Shadwell-Chapel · p. 13 · 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.