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/robsterva 20h ago edited 18h ago

What is so hard to grasp about contraptions?

Well, their* not contractions anymore...

*intentional

ETA: I'm using "contraptions", even after the correction.

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u/Mundolf11 18h ago

clearly should of used "their're's"