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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6168 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mathevvesmathewes

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

Puritas changed it
6 times in 4 works
Consistency
50.0% (6 of 12)
Reach if approved
~13 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: matthew's
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
12 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
matthews (6)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6 changes in 4 works, 50.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    LONDON, Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEVVESMATHEWES. MDCXXXIV.
    With rule
    LONDON, Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEVVESMATHEWES. MDCXXXIV.

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    LONDON, Printed by AVG: MATHEVVESMATHEWES for IOHN GRISMAND, and are to be ſold at his Shop in Pauls Alley …
    With rule
    LONDON, Printed by AVG: MATHEVVESMATHEWES for IOHN GRISMAND, and are to be ſold at his Shop in Pauls Alley …

    Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    LONDON, Printed by AVG: MATHEVVESMATHEWES for IOHN GRISMAND, and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Alley …
    With rule
    LONDON, Printed by AVG: MATHEVVESMATHEWES for IOHN GRISMAND, and are to be sold at his Shop in Pauls Alley …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    LONDON, Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEVVESMATHEWES, and are to bee sold at Britaines Burse. 1625.
    With rule
    LONDON, Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEVVESMATHEWES, and are to bee sold at Britaines Burse. 1625.

    William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEVVESMATHEWES. MDCXXXIV.
    With rule
    Printed by AVGVSTINE MATHEVVESMATHEWES. MDCXXXIV.

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · 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.