General English Grammar Questions

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Anonymous  #331834  Wed, 21 Feb 07 06:37 PM
What's the different between there, their, and they're? Please give example
  
Grammar Geek  #331869  Wed, 21 Feb 07 08:34 PM

Anon, have you looked in a dictionary? Although the words sound alike, they are completely different words.

There are definitions for all three, and since they consulted their dictionaries, they're no longer confused.

(P.S. Grammar)

  
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Philip  #332207  Thu, 22 Feb 07 05:20 PM
 Grammar Geek wrote:

Anon, have you looked in a dictionary? Although the words sound alike, they are completely different words.

There are definitions for all three, and since they consulted their dictionaries, they're no longer confused.

(P.S. Grammar)

About as clear an example as anyone could come up with. 
  
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