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pear - noun Not pair.Example: He selected a pear, not an orange.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
peculiar - adjective Example: She wore a peculiar hat, which caused the children to laugh.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
pencil - noun and verb Example: He sharpened his pencil and began the audit. nounExample: Please pencil in this date for the training program. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
penetrate - verb Example: Bullets failed to penetrate the armored car.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
peninsula - noun Example: The peninsula of Florida attracts many elderly people, who, as a rule, hate snow.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
people - noun and verb Example: “… that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” —Abraham Lincoln, “Gettysburg Address,” Nov.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perceive - verb Example: She failed to perceive the jealousy of her coworkers.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perception - noun Example: That’s your perception, but you are wrong.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perfect - adjective and verb Example: The perfect couple got married in the garden. adjectiveExample: He sought to perfect his golf swing. verb... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perform - verb Example: We waited for her to perform on the piano.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
performance - correct spelling performance - noun Example: The performance by the tenor overshadowed the other singers.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perhaps - adverb Example: Perhaps she will call tonight.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
permanence - noun Example: She wanted a sense of permanence in her new home.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
permanent - adjective Example: The conservatives wanted to make the tax breaks permanent.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
permissible - correct spelling permissible - adjective Not permissable.Example: Paving the roads is a permissible role of government.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
permitted - verb (past tense and past participle of the verb permit) and adjective Example: She permitted him to accompany her to the party. verbExample: Smoking is not a permitted activity. adjective... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perpendicular - correct spelling perpendicular - adjective and noun Example: The lines are perpendicular to each other. adjectiveExample: The mountain climbers scaled the treacherous perpendicular. noun... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perseverance - correct spelling perseverance - noun Example: Her perseverance enabled her to succeed.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
persevere - verb Example: If you persevere, you will get the promotion.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
persistence - correct spelling persistence - noun Not persistance.Example: The persistence of the salesman began to irritate us.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
persistent - adjective Not persistant.Example: The persistent salesman irritated the visitors.Example: The persistent aroma began to bother us.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
personal - adjective and noun See personnel.Grammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses personal and personnel. Click here for that discussion.Example: Her personal approach to the adversary solved the problem. adjectiveExample: The news... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
personality - correct spelling personality - noun Example: The politician’s jovial personality attracted a strong following.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
personnel - noun See personal.Grammar.com’s section on Problem Words discusses personal and personnel. Click here for that discussion.Example: All personnel will get an extra bonus this Christmas.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
perspiration - correct spelling perspiration - noun Example: His nervousness caused excessive perspiration.... | added by edgood 8 years ago |
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