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 To preview or build the website, we need to use the terminal.
 
-Install Ruby with Rubygems, perferably with a [Ruby version manager][rvm],
+Install Ruby with Rubygems, preferably with a [Ruby version manager][rvm],
 and the [Bundler gem][bundler].
 
 In the application folder type the following to install the required gems: