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There, Their, They're What is the difference between there, their and they're? The words  there, their and they're  are different and shouldn't be confused. The confusion may occur because the three words are homophones, pronounced in very similar ways. Their Their  indicates  possession . It is a third person plural possessive adjective that shows that a particular thing belongs to  them . Examples: This is  their  house. Have you met  their  son? Can you give me  their  phone number? There There  may function as an  adverb , an  adjective , a  pronoun , a  noun  or an  interjection : 1. As an  adverb   there  refers to a place (as opposed to the word  here ). Examples: Please sit over  there . I met him  there  twice. 2. As an  adjective   there  is used for emphasis, especially after a noun modified by a demonstrative adjective. Examples: That person  there  ought to know the directions to town. Ask that man  there . an adje

Genitive Case Genitive case Genitive case is is the grammatical case that marks a  noun  as modifying another noun. It often marks a noun as being the possessor of another noun; however, it can also indicate various other relationships than possession. Examples: Janet’s  long fingers,  Janet’s  jacket,  Janet’s  drink (relationship indicating possession) a wheel  of cheese  (a relationship indicating composition) the love  of music  (participation in an action) men of Rome (origin) the capital  of the Republic  (reference) man  of honor (description) Form of genitive case Genitive case can be indicated by adding  's  after the noun (John 's  brother) adding  of  before the noun (the end  of  the movie) Spelling of 's Spelling of the genitive case depends on whether the noun is plural, singular or ending in 's': Type Genitive Case Explanation singular noun the girl's  room girl  is singular: add 's plural nouns the girls

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punctuation and capitilization Punctuation Punctuation rules Punctuation marks  are symbols which organize the structure of written language, and indicate intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud. Punctuation marks are also used to avoid ambiguity. For example, "woman, without her man, is nothing" has a different meaning from "woman: without her, man is nothing" This is a summary of punctuation rules. Read the punctuation rules and study the examples given. End punctuation marks: 1. Full stop , or period (.) Used a full stop at the end of a sentence: She stood up and went away. She was furious. Used for abbreviations: Co. (Company) M.P. (Member of Parliament) 2. Question marks (?) Question marks are used at the end of direct questions: Where do you live? Are you crazy? Did you do the homework? Use a question mark at the end of tag questions: You will help me, won't you? He likes soccer, doesn't he? 3. Excl