Sunday, March 15, 2009

The "They're, There, Their" and "Your, You're" Issue...

they're...use in places where you mean to say "they are".

there...use in places where you are identifying a location..."over there".

their...use in places where you are wanting to assign belonging..."their dog".

your...use in places where, again, you are wanting to assign belonging..."your dog".

you're...use in places where you mean to say "you are".

i'm no grammatical expert, but i find myself so frustrated at trying to understand what some of my teeny-boppers are saying...and texters too! i guess it's because those words have specific meanings for me...or maybe our culture is just becoming "communication challenged"...hehe.

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