Tutorial - There, their and they're

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Hey all,

Some of you may know me, and if you do, you'll know that I get very annoyed at the amount of incorrect usages of certain groups of words. I could name a fair amount of people who could benefit from this tutorial, so I think you might want to read it thoroughly :)

There:

There usually refers to a place, example of its usage:

There is a brick wall;

We found the dog there;

I'd love to live there.

 

Their:

Their usually refers to the possession of something or someone, example of its usage:

It is their car;

I found their pet;

My friends sold their website.

 

They're:

They're is basically they are, hence the apostrophe, it shows the omission of the letter a, examples of its usage:

They're going to the concert;

They're a good band;

I must say, they're rubbish.

 

Any comments or queries welcome :)

[Zeggy]

Theirs really no need for this, were all english speakers :D

[(((TOLK)))]

Sorry, just something I find annoying...

You might need an apostrophe in that sentence somewhere ;)

[Joshua]

what about....

 

THER?

 

=p

ghetto slang =p

[Djkanna]

This is not needed here nor there

No apostrophes for you mister!

:P

[Joshua]

wut abut 0v4r her an 0v3r ther?

[Djkanna]

That just annoys me xD

[Joshua]

You know | TrY =)

[snailian]

This entire "Grammar Nazi" thread became incredulous 6 words in, with the misuse of 'no' in place of 'know'.

[Djkanna]

Haha,

well spotted I didn't notice that myself then again I don't tend to read the whole post just a quick scan :D

[(((TOLK)))]

Epic backfire xD

My apologies, I rarely get that wrong...Clearly I needed my cup of tea xD

[Zero-Affect]

I do believe that people sometimes mess up with grammar ( i am one of them ) Result of a bad education i guess but thank you TOLK did actually help.

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Thanks CrimGame :)