# Words Commonly Confused (grammar Usage) | SwaVid

Words commonly confused (grammar usage): It's, you're, who's and they're are short forms. Rules, examples and a free quick check for Class 6 to 12.

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Short answer. It's, you're, who's and they're are short forms. If you can say it is, you are, who is or they are, use the short form. If not, use its, your, whose or their.

1 . Choose the right word. ___ coming to the fair with us tomorrow?

it's = it is, you're = you are, who's = who is, they're = they are. Otherwise use its, your, whose, their.

It's, you're, who's and they're are short forms. If you can say it is, you are, who is or they are, use the short form. If not, use its, your, whose or their.

It's raining. (it is raining) The parrot flapped its wings. (belonging) Whose bag is this? (belonging)

it's = it is, you're = you are, who's = who is, they're = they are. Otherwise use its, your, whose, their.

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- Words that sound the same . Their shows belonging and there points to a place. Two is the number, too means also or more than needed, and to goes before a verb or a place. Than compares, as in older than; then tells what comes next.
- Fewer or less, between or among . Use fewer for things you can count and less for things you cannot. Use between for two people or things, and among for a group of three or more.
- Either or neither . Either means one or the other and goes with or. Neither means not one and not the other, and goes with nor. After a negative such as didn't, end with either.
- Who or whom, lie or lay . Who does the action; after to, with or from, the formal word is whom. Lie means rest and takes no object. Lay means put something down and needs an object.
- It's raining. it is raining
- The parrot flapped its wings. belonging
- Whose bag is this? belonging

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