Have trouble with "there" ?

[Ardbeg]

Something that was taught from an early age now seems lost and many struggle with the correct usage/spelling of words they use. There and their being two that seem high up the list.
So, if you want to get it right, use this idea to help remember.

Location and ownership.

There.
THERE
Note the red. Everyone knows that "here" refers to your location. So, to remember the correct "there", as it also refers to a location, simply add a "t". As in "here and there".

Their.
THEIR.
Again, note the red. "Heir" refers to ownership. Prince William is an "heir" to the throne. So, to remember the correct "their", as it also refers to ownership, add a "t" to the beginning.

"Heir" is pronounced "air" by the way.

"The mob over there are theirs, these are ours".

Simples.

 

[Tai]

lol...didn't know we were doing English classes now, but your forgot:

They're.
THEY'RE.
Again, note the red. They are. An apostrophe (') serves two main purposes: the omission of one or more letters (as in the contraction of does not to doesn't) and the marking of possessive cases (as in the cat's whiskers).

"They are his shoes" becomes "They're his shoes".

 

[^G0trex]

STFU tbh

 

[Ardbeg]

lol...didn't know we were doing English classes now......

Indeed.
That's so obvious to me that it didn't even come into the equation.
All of this proves that many people learn words simply by hearing them in use and not actually explained on a blackboard. Then again, are there even blackboards any more ?


G0trex ?

 

[Tai]

G0trex ?

Made me lol.

Ste you got pwned!

 

[Toddwhite]

thanks for telling me their was no hope of me understanding without you're help!

 

[elohelMeight]

There.
THERE
Note the red. Everyone knows that "here" refers to your location. So, to remember the correct "there", as it also refers to a location, simply add a "t". As in "here and there".

Once upon a time there were...

No location being referred to... Unfortunately your idea doesn't work for me.

 

[^G0trex]

thanks for telling me their was no hope of me understanding without you're help!

^ whs