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| single | 10-Feb-2009 | language | gambler | by votes | 46 | 3 | 59.1% |
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| User | Comment |
|---|---|
| Enheduanna | posted 11-Feb-2009 1:30pm Yes. They're is a contraction of "they are." There is an adverb used particularly to refer to place. Their is the third person plural possessive pronoun. |
| Melf | posted 11-Feb-2009 1:59pm They're - A contracted form of 'They are'
There - Used to denote place/situation Their - Used to denote ownership |
| FauxLo | posted 11-Feb-2009 2:16pm Yes, their pretty easy to understand. |
| Galomorro | posted 11-Feb-2009 2:48pm Yes, I'm good at this sort of thing. |
| gambler | posted 11-Feb-2009 3:20pm Yes, pretty much......... I made this survey because I used one version and it looked wrong in the sentence, then it still didnt look good.... and for a few seconds I was lost as to which one was correct |
| Matty | posted 11-Feb-2009 3:48pm Naturally, but is this a real survey, or just a joke? |
| JessicaWoman99 | posted 11-Feb-2009 3:51pm Their as in them the person
There is a highway and there are many ways They're is a way |
| ScubaScott | posted 11-Feb-2009 3:56pm It saddens me that there are so many people who don't know the difference between these. |
| cloudhugger | posted 11-Feb-2009 4:11pm Yes. There their to help us. |
| LindaH | posted 11-Feb-2009 4:16pm They're discussing their grammar over there. |
| Crayons | posted 11-Feb-2009 4:35pm Of course I do. |
| Iseult | posted 11-Feb-2009 4:37pm They're going to the movies.
There is a movie at 9. Their tickets had been bought already. |
| Cain | posted 11-Feb-2009 4:42pm They're coming round for dinner. Their son is also coming. There will be a yummy dessert. |
| dab | posted 11-Feb-2009 5:00pm Yes and incorrect usage sticks out painfully while reading. Despite that, I still use them incorrectly at times when I'm writing. My fingers just get ahead of my brain, the wrong word comes out, and I don't always notice it. |
| gambler | (reply to dab) posted 11-Feb-2009 5:32pm > Yes and incorrect usage sticks out painfully while
> reading. Despite that, I still use them incorrectly > at times when I'm writing. My fingers just get > ahead of my brain, the wrong word comes out, and > I don't always notice it. This is kinda what I was talking about........ |
| llamamama | posted 11-Feb-2009 5:40pm They're going to their mother's house; it's over there.
I just wanted to use all three in the same sentence. |
| Biggles | posted 11-Feb-2009 7:30pm Yes. Occasionally my fingers are faster than my brain, but I probably use them correctly 99% of the time. |
| Biggles | (reply to llamamama) posted 11-Feb-2009 7:32pm And a semi-colon too...
Show-off! |
| llamamama | (reply to Biggles) posted 11-Feb-2009 8:05pm I know, it was definitely one of my better sentences. |
| they | posted 11-Feb-2009 8:54pm Of course. I am they.
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| they | (reply to ScubaScott) posted 11-Feb-2009 8:56pm > It saddens me that there are
> so many people who don't know > the difference between these. I don't understand. What does this have to do with anal sex? |
| Joanne | posted 12-Feb-2009 12:37am They're is they are, condensed. There is a place. Their is what belongs to them. Easy. |
| ScubaScott | (reply to they) posted 12-Feb-2009 9:26am > |> It saddens me that there are
> |> so many people who don't know > |> the difference between these. > > I don't understand. What does this have to do with anal sex? > > |
| they | (reply to ScubaScott) posted 12-Feb-2009 9:28am |
| LJD | posted 13-Feb-2009 9:48am Yes
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| Wicksy | posted 13-Feb-2009 4:38pm Their different words entirely. There meaning differ only slightly, however. They're is little point discussing it though |
| ScubaScott | posted 14-Feb-2009 2:02pm |
| babb001 | posted 15-Feb-2009 8:58pm yes. these are obvious. just ask this: the difference between lie & lay...now that is confusion + |
| Enigma | posted 17-Mar-2009 9:20pm Yes, yes and yes. |
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