Showing posts with label their vs there. Show all posts
Showing posts with label their vs there. Show all posts

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Grammar Lesson for the Express...

The media (print, radio, tv) in Trinidad & Tobago disappoints me on an almost daily basis, with the inaccurate reporting, outlandish and misleading headlines and apparent lack of spell/grammar checks.

While I do not profess to be Miriam Webster, sometimes the errors are just glaringly obvious and jump out at me.

The Big Question in Tuesday's Trinidad Express for example.


FYI Express...
their
–pronoun
1. a form of the possessive case of
they used as an attributive adjective, before a noun:
their home; their rights as citizens; their departure for Rome.

there
–adverb
1. in or at that place (opposed to
here): She is there now.