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Gavin Scott Founding member 15 December 2006 1:40pm

big_fat posted:

623058 posted:

There, They, the one I can;t remember!

I just don;t know which one which!

Why exactally? It's not hard, even for a dyslexic. I personally think you probabally just can't be bothered to put the proper effort in. If you really were prepared to put the effort in, you'd be able to understand the differences between "there" and "they" quite easily. Let's face it, you only really need to read other people's posts on this forum to get an idea of the contexts the two words are used in. As has been said, they aren't exactally two words which, apart from similar spelling, can really be that easily confused. It's not like you even make any attempts to guess which is the correct woprd, you just use "there" instead of "they" all the time.

Oh get off his back.

If you haven't learned the correct vocabularly during schooling then you're not going to pick it up quickly as an adult. People's ability to learn diminishes drastically once they go beyond their formative years.

I can understand him, as can you. The content and thought behind the posts is intelligent, so I don't see any reason to pick on a person because they haven't been lucky enough to learn what we have learned.

A little patience goes a long way.

RM

Roger Mellie 15 December 2006 9:20pm

I don't want to sound patronising here, but I hope this clears things up, examples of what is meant in brackets:

there : In, at or to that position (I lived there for sometime)
> At that point (there he stopped)
> In that respect (I agree with you there)
> Used to indicate the fact or existence of things (there is a house on the corner).
> Expressing dismay, triumph, dismay etc (there! What did I tell you)

they : Third person plural subject pronoun; in other words the people, animals or things previously mentioned in question
> People in general (they say we are wrong)
> A third person singular pronoun-- meaning a way of saying "he or she" (anyone can come if they want to).

As a side-note, apostrophes are written ' not ; . Therefore it is don ' t rather than don ;t . Sentences are alwys started with a capital letter too