This should help you, Harris, in a way that will be easy for you to remember:
1. Use
there when referring to a place, whether concrete ("over there by the building") or more abstract ("it must be difficult to live there").
*
There is a butcher on Camden Avenue.
* The Roast Beef is over
there, ready to go into the oven.
*
There are many condiments that are used on hamburgers.
2. Use
their to indicate possession. It is a possessive adjective and indicates that a particular noun belongs to them.
* Our guests loved the Bordeaux sauce we put on
their Prime Rib.
*
Their grilling utensils were top of the line, and helped them to make the perfect T-Bone.
3. Remember that
they're is a contraction of the words they and are. It can never be used as a modifier, only as a subject (who or what does the action) and verb (the action itself).
* Hurry up with those cheeseburgers!
They're all hungry!
* I'm glad that
they're so generous with the Ribs here!
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
Updated On: 11/25/09 at 12:56 PM