LEARN ENGLISH: They're/Their/There

[quzar]

If what you are trying to say "they are" then what you want is "they're". The apostrophe acts to make the two words into a single contraction.

(They're not here. [is equivilant to] They are not here.)

If you are trying to express posession, then the word is "their". It's just like "her" or "our".

(Look at the smiles on their faces.)

There, however, can never be used for either of those. "There" is often used to express location, but is generally for anything that isn't one of the two others.

(There goes a bird.)
(There is a bird over there.)

Now mixing them:

(They're not going to be there.)
(Their dogs are over there.)
(They're not fond of driving while speaking on their cellphones.)

FIGURE IT OUT PEOPLE!

Poor spelling is expected, but this isn't a case of not knowing how to spell something, it's not understanding the fundamental meaning of the words you are using.
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[scarph]

thanks
uhh
i dont think people don't know this stuff

i just think they dont care

i usually use the correct form.
of course i never put the ' in they're

[Tetris999]

damn i was always wondering bout this

thanks english teacher

jk

[ExcruciationX]

I didn't think people didn't know their basic english lessons.

[Video_freak]

Seriously though, their bad spelling/grammar can make me mad. Sometimes I wonder if the world would be a better place if everyone TRIED a little more!

[Mark30001]

This must be a very serious rant, since it's not located in JUNK.

[Gizmo356]

Two words......

No life....

Get over it quzar no one cares if you make all these hey look at me I'm the only person in the world who can use proper English and spell correctly threads. Seriously who cares.....

[Zion]

I think its due to people wanting to post as fast as they can. i have perfect grammer and exellent spelling , but even i make typos occasionally becuase of the speed in which i want my message posted

[Video_freak]

Two words......

No life....

Get over it quzar no one cares if you make all these hey look at me I'm the only person in the world who can use proper English and spell correctly threads. Seriously who cares.....

Well, I think it's annoying when people use terrible grammar too... =\

[quzar]

Two words......

No life....

Get over it quzar no one cares if you make all these hey look at me I'm the only person in the world who can use proper English and spell correctly threads. Seriously who cares.....

yea... all these threads. man, I must have made 30 in the past week. Luckily there's a cookie cutter response for this: if you think I'm wasting my time, what about you posting in this waste of time thread?

Think on it, sleep on it, pray on it.