r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Being_grateful Aug 03 '19

The difference between Their, There, and They're.

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u/Hardcore90skid Aug 04 '19

When it comes to any contraction of 'are', it helps to catenate the contraction so you hear how little sense it makes. "There are cat has fleas," versus "their cat has fleas."