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There and Their

When writing in English, you may stumble over commonly confused words; for example, you may need to learn the rules for there and their. There and their are homophones that are often used incorrectly, by non-English and native-English speakers alike.

Difference in Usage in Meaning

There is a noun, an adverb, a pronoun, or an adjective, but it does not show possession. Only the word their (not there) shows possession.

Their is almost always followed by a noun. That is not true of the word “there,” which often stands alone as noun or pronoun.

Using There and Their

Paying careful attention to the definitions and parts of speech of these words, as well as common ways they are used, will help to prevent errors when using them in your writing. Below are a few examples of each.

There

The word there has many uses. To avoid misusing them, become familiar with these definitions, parts of speech, and sample sentences using there.

There as a noun, meaning “that place:”

~We jogged from there to the end of the street, then we sprinted the rest of the way home.

~The child took one look at the haunted house, and shrieked, “I am never stepping one foot in there!”

There as an adjective, emphasizing which person. This usage is used in speech more than in writing, and is typically to be avoided when constructing proper sentences:

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~Those there apples are fresh for picking!

~My mother noted that there was a deer in the pond, and wondered if it was in danger of drowning in the icy water.

There as an adverb, meaning the opposite of here:

~Do you hear that dog barking over there?

~May I please sit there?

~The officer shouted, “Stop right there!”

There as a pronoun used to introduce a noun or a phrase:

~Is there a desk I can use to do my homework?

~There are too many people on this elevator.

Their

The word their is a plural possessive adjective, which describe something that belongs to “them.” A noun typically follows the word their, which, other than serving as an adjective, has no other known usages in the English language.

Consider these sample sentences:

~We walked their dog for them while they were on vacation.

~Their cars were parked on the street while they were having their driveway repaved.

~I offered to babysit their toddler so they could get out on a date.

~Is that their only choice?

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There is one more word that can be confused with there and their and that is: They're. The word “they’re” is a contraction for the words “they are” and again may be be confused with “there” and “their.”

When writing in English, make sure you slow down enough to pay close attention to how you are spelling terms in their context. Traditional spell-checkers, on word processing programs, may not always pick up on misused terms like there and their, because they are technically spelled correctly, even if they are used inappropriately in a given sentence.