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Their vs. There vs. They're

Triple threat time.

  • The word their is a possessive adjective that shows that something belongs to them
  • They're is a contraction for they are. The apostrophe stands in for the missing A.
  • There can be a lot of things: noun, adverb, interjection, adjective, or pronoun; it usually means "[in] that place."

Example 1

Don't sit there! The kids' imaginary friend is on that seat and they're going to flip if their BFF Bubbleface gets squished.

What a beautiful sentence. Translated, it reads like this:

Don't sit in that place! The kids' imaginary friend is on that seat and they are going to flip if the kids' BFF Bubbleface gets squished.