what is the difference between the words there and their?
than and then?
2007-01-27 16:43:41 · 6 answers · asked by It's me 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"there" is regarding a place or location, while "their" is a possessive adjective ("their dog"). "than" is a comparing word (more than __, less than __) and "then" is a word used in describing an event or sequence ("back then", or "Then u do this...).
2007-01-27 16:51:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try these sentences to understand the meaning of the different words you have mentioned:
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2007-01-28 00:30:59 · answer #2 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the difference between there and Their is there means that something is over there, their is possesive meaning the have somehing, then is a word that is used to mean after something, than is a word that is used in descriptive sentensces.
2007-01-27 17:01:34 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First: there versus their
"there" is an adjective that demonstrates a location at some distance away from the speaker. (Don't put the books here. Put them there.
"their" is a possessive adjective showing that the object(s) in question "belong to them" (not to me, to you, to him, to her, to us, to all of you, but "to THEM") -- Their relationship is unique. Their dog is ugly.
When used in the plural -- theirs -- it is a possessive pronoun that stands alone: Theirs is a unique relationship. Theirs is an ugly dog.
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than versus then
"than" is a subordinating conjunction and is going to be part of an expression of some sort of comparison. My friend's dog is smarter than my dog. ("than my dog" is a dependent clause -- i.e., it can't stand alone as a sentence).
"then" is an adverb. It suggests "when" something is going to take place...specifically, that something happened, is happening, or will happen "next". I ate breakfast. Then/Next, I brushed my teeth.
Better??? Hope so!
Lee
2007-01-27 17:07:24 · answer #4 · answered by DLee1210 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
there is a place or location
their is a possession
than is meaning like something else ( other than)
then is in past tense
2007-01-27 16:56:07 · answer #5 · answered by crazeebitch2005 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there- that place
their- a group of people's
2007-01-27 17:14:53 · answer #6 · answered by fulaien 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋