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Read the paragraph.

Shari is interested in ancient Egypt. She has an abundence of pictures that she has collected. One benifit of her interest is that she aces tests in our world history class!
The underlined words are misspelled. What is the common spelling error in these two words?
A. Consonants have not been doubled in each word.
B. A silent consonant has been left out of each word.
C. The wrong vowel has been substituted for the schwa sound in each word.
D. The wrong word from a pair of commonly confused words has been used.

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Answer:

C. The wrong vowel has been substituted for the schwa sound in each word.

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Answer:

C. The wrong vowel has been substituted for the schwa sound in each word

Explanation:Examples are abundence,benifit, instead of abundance and benefit

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