A Simple Way to Never Mess Up They’re, Their and There Again

Alright. You knew this was coming. Here it is, once and for all: the difference between their, there and they’re. If you learn this now, you’ll (hopefully) never have to revisit it. Here’s the difference between three of the most commonly confused homophones in English.

Their is a possessive determiner

Their is the possessive form of they: it refers to something that they own. For example:

That’s their cat.

I want to see their school.

There is an adverb (and sometimes an exclamation)

There refers to a particular place — usually somewhere far away (the opposite of here). For example:

I don’t want to go there.

Just put it over there for now.

Hey there!

Whoops, there goes my hat!

It’s also used to show that something exists. For example:

There aren’t many parking spots around here.

There comes time in every woman’s life when she realises that the only person she can depend on is herself.