• Ænima
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    3 days ago

    It still baffles me why this is still a thing (for native English speakers)…

    Their

    Possessive

    that is their dog


    There

    Referencing something

    what’s that over there?


    They’re

    Contraction of they and are

    they’re heading to the movies


    Their chicken broke its leg! There used to be a store on the corner. They’re on their way over there!

    If you can replace they’re with they are and it still makes sense, that’s the right usage of that word.

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      03 days ago

      it’s a problem for natives because they first learnt English by listening and reapeating what they heard, and spoken all those words sound the same. they only saw them written down years later when learning to read and write

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        03 days ago

        I’d agree if this was regarding children. These are grown ass people who our educational system has royally screwed.

      • @[email protected]
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        03 days ago

        There’s similarities in my native language and people don’t have much trouble with it. And our grammar rules are harder to understand. So it’s more likely because of the education itself.