Post by Aanonchan on Apr 28, 2011 14:29:15 GMT -5
THEY'RE VS THEIR
"They're" and "their" are NOT INTERCHANGEABLE. They are two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT words with two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT meanings. If you use them, it'll help you and your writing a lot to GET IT RIGHT!
Their
"Their" is used to imply possession of something by more than one person in the second person.
For Example:
- Their car is pretty awesome. (The car that belongs to them is pretty awesome.)
- Don't talk about their mother like that! (Do not talk about the mother of them like that. That's rude.)
- Their dogs are running away. (The dogs that belong to them are running away.)
Ask yourself if the subject of the sentence belongs to some people, if it does, then use "Their".
They're
"They're" is a contraction* of the words "They are."
The apostrophe replaces the letter that was left out when the two words were put together.
For Example:
- They're going to Waffle House after the meteor shower tonight. (They are going to the Waffle House after the meteor shower tonight}
- They're obviously insane! (They are obviously insane.)
Help yourself by reading "they are" out loud instead of "they're" to catch possible mistakes.
*Contractions are words that are squished together. The apostrophe is used to denote the letter that has been left out. For example, "don't" is a contraction of "do not" and the apostrophe replaces the left out "o".
Hopefully that'll help you out a bit! These little differences and understanding them can help you improve your writing dramatically! Just keep repeating and re-checking your work and it will stick, I promise!
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