This week's grammar lesson concerns the difference between their, there, and they're. I was reminded of this little problem when viewing the status of one of my friends on Facebook:
"I love the commercial that tells me how great england national healthcare is. then you find out it is the U.S.A. sending them there. quipment. to help save the preemie babies. if we get rid of our healthcare who is going to send us quipment. just saying"
Now, besides the obvious spelling errors ("quipment"), and the error of not capitalizing "england", my friend here (who, by the way, is a 42-year-old man) is trying to say the USA is sending equipment to England to help save the English preemie babies. As you can see, he says "then you find out it is the U.S.A. sending them there quipment", when he really means THEIR EQUIPMENT.
Here are the proper definitions of there, their, and they're:
There (adverb): in or on that place (such as "over there")
Their (adjective): of or relating to them or themselves especially as possessors, agents, or objects of an action (such as "their furniture" or THEIR EQUIPMENT)
They're: this is a contraction of "they are"
You're welcome. Now, if only I could help my friend on Facebook from further humiliation in his grammar and spelling. I would kill him if he was my husband (even though I'm sure he's a nice person). Especially considering English is his FIRST FUCKING LANGUAGE.
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