Does anyone else have a problem when writing...?

Question

"there", "their" and "they're"? I know the difference, I know when to use which but it seems that in my typing I tend to favor "their" over "there". Anyone else?

Answer 1

I've noticed a new and bizarre tendency creeping into my typing whereby I keep adding an 'e' to the end of 'your' - not as in mistakenly using 'you're' instead of 'your', just momentum seems to carry me on to 'youre.'

But no, I can't say I have the 'they're' 'there' 'their' problem, interesting though it is! I do, however, have an incredibly difficult time whenever the word 'peninsular' is called for - as it unfortunately was in a job I had once...

Answer 2

Once you really know what each one is saying, you won't "favor" one in particular......this one is rather important, since it tends to reflect on your education; whether it does or not.

Not to be even slightly condescending, but it can help if you think of each one like this:

"there" is a place where something is found.

"their" is the plural of 'his' or 'hers', and means belonging to them.

"they're" means that they ARE something or other ~ pretty, stupid, a bunch of.......whatever.

A lot of people do what you are saying, I know, but if you think of it this way, you won't have to worry about it. It's a bit like when to say "me" and when to say "I" most people just never learned the easy trick to know which is which......but you didn't ask for that, so I'll shut up now!

Answer 3

I tend to type "you" when I mean to type "your." I just don't get to the "r." Then I end up writing things like, "Feed you cat and walk you dog."

Answer 4

every now and again when i'm typing and not thinking.... but usually i correct myself.

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

No.

Answer 7

I do that with "your" and "you're".

Answer 8

NO

Answer 9

NO