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What is the difference between they're and their and there?

Asked by infogirl - 1 year 2 months ago

 

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Answered by oz
1 year 2 months ago
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Their - belongs to someone - EG: "Their shoes were red."
They're - or- they are (they, being more than one, another word similar is Them) EG: "They're wearing red shoes."
There - can point to a direction. EG: "Your red shoes are over there."

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Answered by Milander
1 year ago
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THERE
adv.
1. At or in that place: sit over there.
2. To, into, or toward that place: wouldn't go there again.
3. At that stage, moment, or point: Stop there before you make any more mistakes.
4. In that matter: I can't agree with him there.
pron.
1. Used to introduce a clause or sentence: There are numerous items. There must be another exit.
2. Used to indicate an unspecified person in direct address: Hello there.
adj.
1. Used especially for emphasis after the demonstrative pronoun that or those, or after a noun modified by the demonstrative adjective that or those: That person there ought to know the directions to town.
2. Nonstandard Used for emphasis between a demonstrative adjective meaning "that" or "those" and a noun: No one is sitting at that there table. Them there beans ought to be picked.
n.
That place or point: stopped and went on from there.
interj.
Used to express feelings such as relief, satisfaction, sympathy, or anger: There, now I can have some peace!

THEIR
adj. The possessive form of they.
1. Used as a modifier before a noun: their accomplishments; their home town.
2. Usage Problem His, her, or its: "It is fatal for anyone who writes to think of their sex" Virginia Woolf.

THEY'RE
Contraction of "they are". They = personal pronoun, are = second person of the verb 'to be'.

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