Thanks for joining us at Angry Chinese Driver for another great lesson on English grammar! Today, we’ll be discussing the homonyms “there”, “their”, and “they’re”. They’re actually easy to differentiate, but people who are inadequate in their writing skills confuse these three words here and there.
THERE = designating a place, simply put. “The car is over there.” “There is my Audi!”
THEIR = possessive term. “Their car was stolen.” “The police found their car overturned in a ditch days later.”
THEY’RE = a contraction of THEY ARE. “They’re speeding in that car.” “If they don’t slow down, they’re going to crash.”
Easy enough, now? Let’s hope so! Or else their will be consequences [sic].
See the last grammar lesson on YOUR vs. YOU’RE!
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The misuse of there/their/they’re is one of my biggest pet peeves. I come across it so often that I’ve become almost numb to it. Almost. It’s not a hard concept to grasp people!
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Let me come to the defense of the English language by stating that proper grammar is a necessary peeve.