Wednesday Words: There, Their, They’re
My friend Tom suggested using these 3 words for this week. There, Their, They’re.
Sure, they all pretty much sound the same. But they’re not. Ooh, look, I just used one of them!
There – This is meant for a location or to demonstrate something. For example, “The book is over there” or “There is no ‘a’ in definitely.”
Their – This is only intended to be used to describe something of ownership by two or more people. For example, “Their house might look better than ours this year, but just wait until next Spring.”
They’re – This is a combination of the words “they” and “are”. If you’re unsure when to use it, just think of the sentence in that way. If it makes sense with “they are”, then you can also use “they’re” to shorten it.
If you have a word or group of words that you’d like to see next week, leave a comment and let me know! I love it that these are interactive.
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Hi Doll,
Love the new look, its cute!!
Have youe been reading my blog though I tend to make the your, you’re mistake, LOL . Thats only when I have had 5 dirty martini’s so I guess that’s why I do it all the time…
Kisses, MargOH!
Well, one of my favorite words is “plethora” which no one really uses that much sadly. Or one of my other favorites (which I may have actually made up since I haven’t looked it up yet) “cornucopic”.
And…while we’re at it, since I have this problem all the time, do you think that using a British spelling of the word favourite is incorrect? Inquiring minds want to know!:)
W-hey! I’m famous!
I love the new blue by the way.
LLLOOOVVEEEE the new look, Nathan. It’s SO sexy.
How about run-on sentences next week??!!! They drive me crazy.
MargOH! – Girl, you’re drunk, so your spelling is flexible. I’m just happy to decipher your words. LOL
Michael – I use British spelling too. It’s fun!
Tom – Thanks for contributing to this week’s “class” in spelling.
Sunshine – Awww thanks buddy. That’s quite a compliment…Sexy.
Run-on sentences? Oopsie, I’m almost certain that I’m guilty of those myself. It would be hard for me to criticize those, hehe.
I remember when I was in the first grade, my teacher said that we wouldn’t pass unless we knew the difference between there, their and they’re. So yeah, I at least know them.
Just another boring anecdote.
to and too is perhaps another one often missused, oooh ooh people almost ALWAYS missuse the word Ironic. It eats me up. “Isn’t it Ironic” NO Bitch it’s NOT!
How about uninterested (not interested) versus disinterested (neutral, having no stake in an issue)?
People often use disinterested when they mean uninterested. For example, “I am really disinterested in your blog” (just an example, haha!) instead of “I am really uninterested in your blog.”
But you could say “In the competition, your blog was judged to be awful (just for the sake of illustration!) by a neutral panel of disinterested experts.”
(Just for the record, my dictionary says that it is minimally okay to use the “dis-” version to mean “un-” but that it is preferable not to confuse the two.)
No surprise it takes a homo to write about homophones.
They’re once was a man from Nantucket
Wear legend says was born in a bucket
Their in the barn he got up every don
Hornier than SHIT
Great suggestion Thom! I think I’ll work that in. Thanks