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*its/it’s:
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its=possessive pronoun, does NOT need
apostrophe, as in belonging to it
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it’s=contraction for "it is" or "it has"
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*than/then:
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than=used for
comparisons, as in “My
car is dirtier than yours.”
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then=adverb, as in next, as in “Then, I
went to my next class.”
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were/where/wear:
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were=linking verb
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where=adverb, as in
place, as in “Where
did you come from?”
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wear=verb, as in wear clothes
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there/their:
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there=adverb, as in over there or “There
was a fly on the wall.”
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their=possessive pronoun, as in belonging
to a group of people
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they’re=contraction for they are
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who’s/whose:
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who’s=contraction for who is
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whose=possessive
pronoun, as in belonging to whom, as in “Whose
book is this?”
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too/to/two:
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too=intensifier, as in
too much/many, in excess—so it has an excess of o’s,
as in “I ate too
much.” Also means “also,”
as in “I want some,
too.”
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to=preposition, starts
prep. phrases and infinitives, as in “I
went to the store to buy milk.”
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two=the number 2
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threw/through:
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threw=verb, as in “The
pitcher threw the ball to the first-baseman.”
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through=preposition, as in “The
ghost walked through the wall.”
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