When to use Their or There?

Again, there are many among us who find themselves in a situation when they simply do not know when to use 'their' or 'there' while writing an article. This is again due to homonyms which confuses the writer. So here is a quick briefing on how and when to use these to words correctly.


Their
Their is the third person plural possessive adjective, used to describe something as belong to them. Their is nearly always followed by a noun.

Where is their car?
Are these their pens?
Their books are on the table.
This is their room and this is ours.
What happened to their dog?
Their being here is causing some problems.

There
There has several different uses.
1. Adverb that means the opposite of "here"

He's over there.
Stop right there.
Do you want to sit here or there?

2. Pronoun that introduces a noun or clause.

There is something strange going on.
Is there a phone?

3. Adjective that emphasizes which person.

That guy there seems to be in trouble.
Those there look good.

4. Noun that means "that place."
From there, we drove to Boston.
I'm not going in there!