Their vs there vs they're
Their means belonging to them. There means in or at that place, and it also starts sentences like there is. They're is short for they are.
There has here inside it, and both words are about place.
their determiner
Belonging to them, the people or things already mentioned.
- Our neighbors are painting their fence.
- The kids left their shoes by the door.
there adverb
In or at that place. It also starts sentences like there is and there are.
- The shop was closed when we got there.
- There is a train at six.
they're contraction
A short form of they are.
- They're arriving on the evening train from the city.
- I called my parents, and they're coming for dinner.
Watch out
- Their can also refer to one person when you do not say if that person is male or female.If anyone calls, take their number.
- There can also mean that something exists or is present, not only that it is in a place.The opportunity is there for anyone who wants it.
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The students forgot blank books at home.
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their. The books belong to the students, so use their.
Put the box over blank by the window.
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there. This is about a place, so use there.
I like my cousins because blank always so kind.
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they're. You mean they are always so kind.
I heard blank is a new bakery on Main Street.
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there. There is says that something exists.
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