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Its vs. Their
Its
/ɪts/Examples:
Soon we were winding in and out of its recesses.A mountain usually doesn't change its position.The sun, declining through its shallow arch, dropped behind the tree-tops.
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This word has no synonymsAntonyms:
This word has no antonymsTheir
/ðer/Examples:
Their cat is fat.He awoke refreshed, and they continued their journey.I shall never forget the kind way their hands explored me.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Its is a possessive form of it, think of it as owning something, like the dog wags its tail.
- Their refers to something that belongs to them, typically more than one person, like they took their books.
- Both its and their are used to show possession, but its is for singular and neutral nouns, whereas their is for plural ones.
- Remember, its never has an apostrophe, unlike its (which means it is').
- Their can be replaced with his or her to see if it fits contextually for ownership among people.
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