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How to spell there

What it means: Used to show that something exists.

In a sentence: There is a rainbow in the sky. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as their or thier.

Sounds like, but is not: their, they're. Same sound, different spelling and meaning.

Same family: here, where, everywhere, somewhere, therefore. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “There” comes from Old English “þær,” which also meant “in or at that place.” It is related to German “da” and Dutch “daar,” which show how many European languages share similar pointing words for places.

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