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Common English Errors

Common English Errors

Date: Mar 04 2008

Topic: Grammar

Author: marksimz

Lesson

It's vs. Its

It's is the contracted form of It is. This form is used in sentences using "they" as the subject of the sentence with the verb "to be" used as either the helping verb (e.g. It's going ..., It's raining ...) or the principal verb of the sentence.

Examples:

It's difficult to find work these days.
It's going to rain soon.

Its is the possessive pronoun form. This form is used to express that "it" has a specific quality, or that something belongs to "it".

Examples:

I found its taste to be superb!
Its color is deep red, almost Burgundy.

 

They're vs. There vs. Their

They're is the contracted form of They are. This form is used in sentences using "they" as the subject of the sentence with the verb "to be" used as either the helping verb (e.g. They're going ..., They're playing ...) or the principal verb of the sentence.

Examples:

They're working hard this week.
They're very interested in helping out.

There is used as an introductory subject is sentences with "There is" and "There are". It is also used as an adverb of place meaning "in that place".

Examples:

There are many people in that room.
That's my house over there.

Their is the possessive pronoun form.

This form is used to express that "they" have a specific quality, or that something belongs to "them".

Examples:

Their house is in Los Angeles.
He liked their looks!

 

You're vs. Your

You're is the contracted form of You are. This form is used in sentences using "you" as the subject of the sentence with the verb "to be" used as either the helping verb (e.g. You're going ..., You're watching ...) or the principal verb of the sentence.

Examples:

You're going to have a great time!
You're much better at tennis than Jim.

Your is the possessive pronoun form. This form is used to express that something belongs to "you".

Examples:

Your wife is such a kind woman.
I think your skills are outstanding.

 

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sathishJ

sathishJ

India

it's very useful for us.

 Thankz

 

08:31 AM Mar 14 2008 |

Chiky

Chiky

Dominican Republic

intersting..thx

03:50 AM Mar 14 2008 |

guip2p

guip2p

Brazil

Great!

12:11 AM Mar 14 2008 |

MARIA DEL ROSARIO

Mexico

 I want to talk on msn my msn is in my work and my personal msn is

06:25 PM Mar 13 2008 |

MARIA DEL ROSARIO

Mexico

Thank you . but Iam new here I want to lern speak english help me

06:20 PM Mar 13 2008 |

monicav

monicav

Guatemala

thanks alot for the info….

05:20 PM Mar 13 2008 |

mslibra

mslibra

Philippines

awsome, cool THANKS!Laughing

04:12 PM Mar 13 2008 |

sweetlittlefane

Haiti

awesome

03:09 PM Mar 13 2008 |

sweetlittlefane

Haiti

awesome

03:07 PM Mar 13 2008 |

naseefu

naseefu

India

I am a new comer to this site.

I dont know how it get start.Can anyone help me?

12:45 PM Mar 13 2008 |

DanilZ

DanilZ

Russian Federation

Good!!!

Well done! Grammar

12:20 PM Mar 13 2008 |

Ono

Ono

Hungary

millimono, I completely agree with you, I’m a student of a French bilingual school, and I am sickto death when I have to decide wich gender is correct….:)

12:16 PM Mar 13 2008 |

joseph kimathi

Kenya

thanks keep me inspired .

 

 

09:35 AM Mar 13 2008 |

joseph kimathi

Kenya

well but i recognise you.

09:34 AM Mar 13 2008 |

naseemIbrahim

Maldives

 

 I got it

Thank You

04:12 AM Mar 13 2008 |

e362386308

e362386308

China

I really appreciate your help.

01:45 AM Mar 13 2008 |

marksimz

marksimz

Philippines

hello!

naseem: VS is an abbreviation of "versus"

wale: i have a lesson on "in" "at" and "on", you can check it out..

11:17 PM Mar 12 2008 |

Kipi

Kipi

United Kingdom

That help me remind.. It's very useful~

 thanks

 

07:17 PM Mar 12 2008 |

wale700

Nigeria

when do we use 'at' instead of 'in'?

04:22 PM Mar 12 2008 |

naseemIbrahim

Maldives

 

What Is VS?

10:03 AM Mar 12 2008 |

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