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pear - correct spelling

pear - noun  Not pair.Example: He selected a pear, not an orange....

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8 years ago

peculiar - correct spelling

peculiar - adjective  Example: She wore a peculiar hat, which caused the children to laugh....

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8 years ago

pencil - correct spelling

pencil - noun and verb  Example: He sharpened his pencil and began the audit. nounExample: Please pencil in this date for the training program. verb...

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8 years ago

penetrate - correct spelling

penetrate - verb  Example: Bullets failed to penetrate the armored car....

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8 years ago

peninsula - correct spelling

peninsula - noun  Example: The peninsula of Florida attracts many elderly people, who, as a rule, hate snow....

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8 years ago

people - correct spelling

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....

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8 years ago

perceive - correct spelling

perceive - verb  Example: She failed to perceive the jealousy of her coworkers....

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8 years ago

perception - correct spelling

perception - noun  Example: That’s your perception, but you are wrong....

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8 years ago

perfect - correct spelling

perfect - adjective and verb  Example: The perfect couple got married in the garden. adjectiveExample: He sought to perfect his golf swing. verb...

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8 years ago

perform - correct spelling

perform - verb  Example: We waited for her to perform on the piano....

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8 years ago

performance - correct spelling

performance - noun  Example: The performance by the tenor overshadowed the other singers....

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8 years ago

perhaps - correct spelling

perhaps - adverb  Example: Perhaps she will call tonight....

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8 years ago

permanence - correct spelling

permanence - noun  Example: She wanted a sense of permanence in her new home....

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8 years ago

permanent - correct spelling

permanent - adjective  Example: The conservatives wanted to make the tax breaks permanent....

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8 years ago

permissible - correct spelling

permissible - adjective  Not permissable.Example: Paving the roads is a permissible role of government....

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8 years ago

permitted - correct spelling

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...

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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...

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8 years ago

perseverance - correct spelling

perseverance - noun  Example: Her perseverance enabled her to succeed....

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8 years ago

persevere - correct spelling

persevere - verb  Example: If you persevere, you will get the promotion....

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8 years ago

persistence - correct spelling

persistence - noun  Not persistance.Example: The persistence of the salesman began to irritate us....

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8 years ago

persistent - correct spelling

persistent - adjective  Not persistant.Example: The persistent salesman irritated the visitors.Example: The persistent aroma began to bother us....

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8 years ago

personal - correct spelling

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...

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8 years ago

personality - correct spelling

personality - noun  Example: The politician’s jovial personality attracted a strong following....

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8 years ago

personnel - correct spelling

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....

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8 years ago

perspiration - correct spelling

perspiration - noun  Example: His nervousness caused excessive perspiration....

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8 years ago

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    Identify the sentence with correct use of the gerund as the object of the preposition:
    A She avoids speaking in public.
    B I am interested in reading books.
    C They are good at playing the guitar.
    D He is not capable of understanding the situation.