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Commonly Confused Words

Their , They’re, and There THEIR: (possessive pronoun) Belonging to them THEY’RE: (contraction) They are THERE: (adverb) At or in that place They’re leaving their tired dog over there.

Mark went over to there house.

Your and You’re Again, this is a case of a possessive pronoun and a contraction. YOUR shows that something belongs to you. YOU’RE is short for You are. You’re wasting your time with this project.

Look at youre work! It’s a mess! Your going to the zoo?

To, Too, and Two TO is a preposition Please walk to the car TOO can mean also or show an amount I ate too much. I lost my phone too! TWO is the number following one I have two roller skates. The two girls wanted to eat pizza too, but it was too late.

Good and Well “Good” is an adjective. That was a good movie! “Well” is an adverb answering the question how OR “well” refers to health. I’m not feeling well. She did well on her test.