Do you know the difference between "their" and "there"?
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Their is a possessive pronoun that is used to indicate ownership by a group of people. For example, - The students forgot their books. There, on the other hand, is an adverb used to indicate a place or location. For example, - The store is over there.
"Their" is the possessive form of a third person, meaning belonging to. example " I didn't know that it was their bags".... while "there" is the common use for example "Look over there"
"Their" is a possessive adjective that means belonging to them. "There" means "in that place" or "at that point". They have close pronunciations.
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"Their" is a possessive pronoun which show ownership while "there" shows presence of anything.
There is a place, the opposite of here. I am here and the remote for the television is over there. Their is third person plural. This is their car. It belongs to them.
Their is a possessive pronoun for example, "their car is red. There is used as an adjective, noun and an adverb. For example, "He is always there for me." (adjective) "Get away from there." (noun) "Stop right there." (adverb)
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