There, their, and they're | Frequently confused words | Usage | Grammar

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This is one of the most frequently-confused trios in the English language. Follow along, and learn to suss out the differences between these three words.

[@danielleneveaux3274]

Thx for this grammar video since I can’t go to school this week 📝😷😅

[@shartman1247]

Yha no one can

[@SunOfDestinyy]

Sometimes I need a reminder. Thank you

[@gstudios36]

Thanks👌🏼 very helpful

[@KateMcMahon-y4i]

Thankyou, I'm glad there are People like You.😊

[@adriangomez3005]

I'm stuck in quarantine and my teacher told us to see this

[@shartman1247]

Same

[@adriangomez3005]

I wonder if any of the people watching this are my classmates

[@DJ_Reid]

same

[@oscarperez8617]

Same

[@w0keyyy804]

same

[@KraigsWrld]

Thank you David 🫡

[@NikkiKnochel]

This is great! Many thanks for this helpful video! LOVE IT!

[@terryryan3939]

I already knew this information because I had a great english teacher in high school. Some of you might have heard of him. His name is "Bill Gaither"

[@evanweaver5586]

That helped so much thank you! :D

[@Munahidsworld]

Helped me on my homework Thks!!! ❤

[@reinadesantiago1896]

this is the best explanation ever 🙏

[@tofuteh2348]

Please have the whole world population to freaking watch this oh my god.

[@Tarathx]

Hahaha, agreed! Nothing else gets me frustrated to no point seeing people use their instead of there and they're inside of there. People who have English as their first language too!

[@finn3102]

@@Tarathx Guilty! Lol. I usually proof read what I have written, whether at work or in my personal time. Sometimes I find that I have put "their" whereby "there" belongs or vice verse. It is sort of like a typo, in that I consciously know the proper usage of both, but my brain had a hiccup at the time. lol

[@valerievs3825]

make this reach #1 on trending. so their mind would be blown away

[@Faineant]

Is this lesson for ESL students? Never have I thought that native speakers would get these words confused.

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

A lot more common than you would think

[@booty_mcscooty]

many, many americans are very ignorant about the way they type and write

[@thatgirlmelecian7837]

He need is own Channel

[@MrDariusAtl]

EXACTLY!!!!! I said the same thing. lol

[@thereddawg-1969]

Cool!😎

[@thereddawg-1969]

There their and they'er!

[@moler512]

looks like Khan academy was getting annoyed by this as well.

[@gautham0615]

One question. In the sentence "There's my dog". Isn't 'There' modifying 'is' and thus being an adverb?

[@terryryan3939]

No. Combining two words with an apostrophe like "there's" short for there is, is called a "contraction".

[@yq69691]

I thought it was “ I before E”

[@deborahradeka4187]

They’re looking for their car over there.

[@emerrieh]

yess. good job!

[@ChrisLankford-k8q]

nice

[@kadishalynch9565]

Hi miss creater

[@mehfoozhussain6972]

Khan academy is i think little bit not better but the video is good

[@ysteinheggelund6580]

Khan's grammar videos are really great, and something I frequently share with my university students. However, I don't understand why David classifies 'their' as a possessive adjective. Some grammars confusingly call it a possessive pronoun, which is understandable and was common 20-25 years ago, but surely there's nothing adjectival about it. The common analysis in most modern grammars would be a determiner, determining the head noun.

[@evanweaver5586]

that made no sence my guy

[@terryryan3939]

​@@evanweaver5586did you misspell "sense" on purpose as a joke.

[@terryryan3939]

I find it very annoying that so many commenters on KZbin don't seem to be able to properly spell these words in the comments sections. School teachers are not being as effective as they should be. It can't just be the students fault because it is not that hard. The teachers just aren't teaching.

[@ravencomputerinc]

math is a women therir and they i frequently

[@RandomPerson-jd7cm]

...their pigs. MISHEARD AS They're pigs. Would be awkward.

[@balletomana]

"There" is never an adjective

[@littlemacisunderrated412]

I prefer jacksfilms’s video

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

There Jane run. They're all in their shoes. Thor thawed thirteen frozen thank yous from the thorozeen thump that Thursday thankfully Thanksgiving thwarted the thing they thought was thick Tholiel Moon Thigh thelebration of thrifty athorted Anthony .. huh?

[@Elevatedwz]

Dogs

[@Elevatedwz]

Lil

[@zacharyfalkowski]

Hahaha wtf