Their vs. There vs. They’re

Lexical Vexations Lee requested this classic lexical vexation, one that trips up the best of us from time to time. Thanks, Lee! their adj. the possessive form of the pronoun they. there 1. adv. a word used to designate a location that is at a distance, near or far, from the one using the word. 2. […]

Its vs. It’s

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Lexical Vexations I don’t know how I’ve missed the grandaddy of  lexical vexations for so long, so thank you, Susan, for requesting this post. its the possessive form of the pronoun it. it’s a contraction of the words it and is or it and has. Words in the Wild: It’s my intention to see to […]