The rule of _Their-There-They’re.

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 Tʜᴇʀᴇ-ᴛʜɪᴇʀ-ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ 🧶



The rule of _Their-There-They’re.

This is a very common mistake that even the native English speakers make.

 This basic rule is taught in primary and secondary schools yet it is one of the confusing parts of English. Students often make mistakes in the spellings and use of an apostrophe.

It is rather simple.

‘There’ is used to denote position or place. For instance- “I am going there” denotes a place by ‘there’. It can also be used as a pronoun such as “There are some sweets remaining”.

‘Their’ is the possessive form for the pronoun ‘They’. It shows possession of something by a group. A simple example is “It is their book”.

‘They’re’ is like any other contraction of a word using an apostrophe. The pronunciation matches the other two but the meaning is different. ‘They’re’ stand for ‘They are’. For instance- “They’re going tomorrow”.

The same concept stands for you and you’re. 

This is another trending mistake among English speakers.The English language is full of such confusing words that need to be used carefully.

📌 There- position

📌 Their- possession

📌 They're- They are

©️ 𝗢𝗸𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗰𝗵𝗲

      𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵

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