There, Their, They're...

[Tara]

Okay, so.
THERE are three things that THEY'RE having issues with, and THEIR grammar is suffering because of it.

No offense. But just for reference.

THERE-
There is used to to illustrate something being present, something that used to be, something being somewhere, showing locations and amounts of something.
Example:
There are...
There was...
There is...
Over There...
In There...

THEY'RE-
Broken down is 'They Are.' You see, 'They' and the last two letters of 'Are' ( re) are joined together harmoniously with an apostrophe to make the converged version, They're.

They're awesome = They are awesome.
They're over there = They are over there... See?

THEIR-
The word Their is usually used when showing (plural) ownership. 'Their' normally being a group of people two and up. If you were talking about one person, you would just use the persons name.
Their house
Their tree
Their cat
Their kit


You: Your, Yours and You're

YOUR/YOURS-
"Your" is when you are talking about something owned by an individual person. It's like their, but singular. " Yours" is the same thing, but not usually used as a sentence starter, for example:
Your cat is funny.
That funny cat is yours.

YOU'RE-
Again, "You're" is You + the "re" from are, joined by an apostrophe.
You're is like They're.
You're= You are.


ALWAYS-
Remember question marks at the end of questions. The way you write makes the reader hear, not only what you want them to, but how. The proper placing of commas, colons, semicolons, periods and dashes are essential. As are the proper use of Bold, Italics, and Underlines.
Example:
The golden tom smirked That's funny his chest rumbled with affection as the younger she cat's bright smile shined Do you want to hunt with me Dreamchaser's tongue flicked downward so as he could lick his chest fur Suddenly his ears jumped up and he went to say something I He was cut off A sharp noise jerked him around


Whew! What a mouthful, lets break this down, shall we?

We are missing commas, periods, question marks, quotation marks, a dash or two..the list goes on. Lets see this with punctuation now.

The golden tom smirked, "That's funny," his chest rumbled with affection as the younger she cats bright smile shined. "Do you want to hunt with me?" Dreamchaser's tongue flicked downward so as he could lick his chest fur. Suddenly his ears jumped up, and as he went to say something, "I-" He was cut off. A sharp noise jerked him around.

Better? I think so. Pauses, my good friends, make or break any piece of writing.

Remember show don't tell. It's easy to say, " He purred." But, isn't that boring? Thats just telling me what happened. Try to use describing words, like
" A thundering purr tumbled loosely from Dreamchaser's chest."
Thats at least a little more colorful.

Maybe it was helpful. I hope so. ;D

Note:
This post wasn't to offend anyone. If it did, I am sorry.

[windrunner]

It helps me Tara

[Tara]

Yay!!

[**Liz**]

Where, were, We're

Okay as well as There, Their, They're there is also Where, Were and We're.
Where is a question word " Where is the dog?"
Were is a past tense word, " They were over there."
We're, broken down, is We Are, " We're on our way."

Also, some words are kind of odd to spell. I suggest, possibly, using the spellchecker if you aren't sure. A common misspelling is for the word tongue, for example, is 'tung'. Trust me, it is spelled tongue.