The Grammar
First Aid Kit
Where do you need healing?
Your / You're
- Your indicates something belongs to "you."
- You're is a contraction of "you are."
- Examples
- Your hat is flying away!
- You're very annoying.
Their / There / They're
- Their indicates something belongs to "them."
- There can refer to a place or an existence of something.
- They're is a contraction of "they are."
- Examples
- Their home is very beautiful.
- There are ducks in the pond.
- They're delicious with gravy.
It / It's
- Its indicates something belongs to "it."
- It's is a contraction of "it is."
- Examples
- The dog wolfed down its treats.
- It's always raining in Vancouver.
Whose / Who's
- Whose indicates something belongs to an unknown person.
- Who's is a contraction of "who is" or "who has."
- Examples
- Whose dog is that?
- Who's ready to play?
Who / Whom
- Who is a subject pronoun. Use in situations where "he" would make sense.
- Whom is an object pronoun. Use in situations where "him" would make sense.
- Examples
- Who eats peanut butter with ketchup?
- He eats peanut butter with ketchup.
- Whom is the present for?
- The present is for him.
To / Too / Two
- To means "toward". It is also used to form an infinitive.
- Too means either "excessively" or "also".
- Two is just the word form of the number 2.
- Examples
- They are going to the park.
- Darren likes to play baseball.
- I drank too much bubble tea.
- I have two dogs: a Chihuahua and an American Eskimo.