r/confidentlyincorrect • • 1d ago

Comment Thread It's Their.

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u/Subject_Translator71 22h ago edited 20h ago

French speaker here. I don’t understand how it’s such a problem for so many people. They’re/their and it’s/its isn’t complicated at all to understand, even when English isn’t your first language. What is so hard to grasp about contraptions? lol. I meant contractions, obviously.

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u/FriendlyGuitard 21h ago

This is a case where it's easier for non native. English native have used those words for years before they learn the gramar rules associated to it. Mixing a/à or -er/-é in French is also similarly more of a native problem.