--- par.1
+++ par.1
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ last non-space non-body character in
 advance the divider over any immediately
 following spaces.  The comprelen of
 .I S
-is the number of characters preceeding the divider.
+is the number of characters preceding the divider.
 .IP comsuflen
 Given a non-empty sequence
 .I S
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ of any immediately following spaces.  If
 .I body
 is 1, place the divider just before the first
 non-space non-body character, then back up
-the divider over one immediately preceeding
+the divider over one immediately preceding
 space if there is one.  The comsuflen of
 .I S
 is the number of characters following the divider.
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ Actually, each tab character is turned into
 .IR Tab )
 spaces, where
 .I n
-is the number of characters preceeding the
+is the number of characters preceding the
 tab character on the line (evaluated after
 earlier tab characters have been expanded).
 .LP
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ is 1, some words might be merged (see
 in the
 .SM OPTIONS
 section).  The first word includes any
-spaces that preceed it on the same line.
+spaces that precede it on the same line.
 .LP
 Let
 .I L
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ will be printed to the output, and
 .B par
 will return
 .BR \s-1EXIT_FAILURE\s0 .
-If the error is local to a single paragraph, the preceeding
+If the error is local to a single paragraph, the preceding
 paragraphs will have been output before the error
 was detected.  Line numbers in error messages are
 local to the IP in which the error occurred.  All