grammar

they're, their, and there

 Can we just take a moment to appreciate how easy it is to find mistakes in people's work?

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Thank you for your silence.

There's a difference between 'they're', 'their' and 'there'.

Wow. Shocking, right? Sure, they sound that same, but they mean totally different things. An example of this mistake might be- actually, nevermind, I'm too lazy to write a mini-story just to explain how many stupid mistakes one can make with these three words.

The definitions according to Google Dictionary:

THEY'RE - a contraction of they are.

THEIR - belonging to or associated with the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified.

belonging to or associated with a person of unspecified sex gender.

THERE -

in, at, or to that place or position.

used in attracting someone's attention or calling attention to someone or something.

I'll put it into words easy enough to understand. 'They're' is the cooler version of 'they are'. They mean the same fucking thing. For example, you could scream, "THEY'RE ALL THOTS!" and it would make sense grammatically. 'Their' is kind of like 'your'. It means (insert thing you're referring to here) belongs to them. An example would be you saying, "They took all the stupid with them." 'There' means a place, a location. The example I'll give this time is you pointing to somewhere and telling your pigeon, "You should poop over there."

There really isn't a tip to find the correct word to use. Just go through the definitions of each word and see which one matches what you're trying to say. If 'they are' wouldn't work in the sentence, move on and see if it's referring to someone's belonging, and so on. Do you get what I'm saying?

I'm glad this isn't something I'll see as often as 'you're' being replaced with 'your' because it takes a little bit more time to explain.

Until the next chapter, stay fresh, cheese bags.