Master Your Diction: Differentiating Between Their, There, They're, To, Too, Two, Your, You're
Enhance your writing skills by understanding the distinctions between commonly confused words like their, there, they're, to, too, two, your, and you're. Learn how to use each word correctly to avoid errors in your writing. Clear examples and explanations provided.
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Writing Lab Diction: Their, There, They re; To, Too, Two; and Your and You re
There There is an expletive and an adverb of place. Correct: There are over one hundred applicants on file. Correct: I think we should put the couch over there.
Their Their is a possessive pronoun. Correct: They are proud of their heritage.
Theyre They re is a contraction for they are. Correct: They re proud of their heritage.
There, Their, and Theyre When spoken, there, their, and they re sound similar, so careless writers tend to confuse the spelling.
To To is a preposition used to introduce prepositional phrases and infinitive phrases. Example: There is a real readiness on the part of Congress to listen to American citizens.
Too Too is an adverb meaning also or very. Correct: Most of us think our taxes are too high, too.
Two Two is the spelling for the cardinal number 2. Correct: Give me two beers.
To, Too, and Two When spoken, to, too, and two sound similar, so careless writers tend to confuse the spelling.
Your Your is the possessive form of you. Correct: Your incredulous stories amaze me.
Youre You re is the contraction for you are. Correct: You re supposed to send an editorial to the newspaper.
Your and Youre When spoken, your and you re sound similar, so careless writers tend to confuse the spelling.
Thats all, folks! This lesson is part of the UWF Writing Lab Grammar Mini-Lesson Series Lessons adapted from Real Good Grammar, Too by Mamie Webb Hixon To find out more, visit the Writing Lab s website where you can take a self-scoring quiz corresponding to this lesson
