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their
[ thair; unstressed ther ]
pronoun
- a form of the possessive case of plural they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun:
their home;
their rights as citizens;
their departure for Rome.
- a form of the possessive case of singular they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun:
- (used to refer to a generic or unspecified person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context): A parent should read to their child.
Someone left their book on the table.
A parent should read to their child.
- (used to refer to a specific or known person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
I’m glad my teacher last year had high expectations for their students.
- (used to refer to a nonbinary or gender-nonconforming person previously mentioned, about to be mentioned, or present in the immediate context):
My cousin Sam is bad at math, but their other grades are good.
their
/ ðɛə /
determiner
- of, belonging to, or associated in some way with them
their own clothes
she tried to combat their mocking her
their finest hour
- belonging to or associated in some way with people in general not including the speaker or people addressed
in many countries they wash their clothes in the river
- belonging to or associated in some way with an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody
everyone should bring their own lunch
Usage
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Example Sentences
Prosecutors have not ruled out charging others tied to their investigation.
When the Dodgers announced this visit last month — they will go to the White House Monday before their series opener against the Washington Nationals — Betts said he was undecided about whether he would participate.
This headache could become a thing of the past with a new bill in the California Legislature that, if approved, would require landlords to provide refrigerators and stoves in their rentals.
Snell, his wife and infant son were not home at the time of their break-in, and it is unclear from a police report what, if anything, was stolen.
Audiences are constantly looking to see the wealthy get their butts handed to them, and the fervency of that desire has only grown as the disparity between economic classes has widened.
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Their Vs. There Vs. They're
What’s the difference between their, there, and they're?
Their is the possessive form of the personal pronoun they, essentially meaning belonging to or possessed by them, as in Is that their car, or ours? There is commonly used to introduce sentences or to indicate where something is, as in It’s over there, next to the window. ճ’r is a contraction of they are.
There are many instances in which ٳ’r confused because their pronunciations are exactly the same. (See what we did there?)
There are easy ways to remember which spelling is right, and ٳ’r actually built into each word.
You can remember that their is the one that’s used to show possession (like his and her) by remembering that it includes the word heir (a person who inherits possessions).
When it’s used to indicate location, there functions a lot like here (even though it can mean the opposite), and the word here is right inside of it.
The apostrophe in ٳ’r indicates that it’s a combination of two words and signals that it’s the one you want to use when you mean they are.
Here’s an example of their, there, and ٳ’r used correctly in the same sentence.
Example: It’s hard to work as a team in that environment—when ٳ’r in there, ٳ’r their own worst enemies.
Want to learn more? Read the full breakdown of the difference between their, there, and ٳ’r.
Quiz yourself on their .there .they're!
In what order should their, there, and ٳ’r be used in the following sentence?
_____ shoes are over _____, right next to where _____ sitting.
A. their, there, ٳ’r
B. there, ٳ’r, their
C. ٳ’r, their, there
D. their, ٳ’r, there
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