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How to spell they'll

hear it/ðeɪl/pronounSilent and tricky

What it means: A contraction for 'they will'.

In a sentence: They'll play outside today.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double l. Often misspelled as theyll or theyll'.

Same family: they, will, they're, they've, they'd. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: They'll is a contraction formed by shortening the phrase “they will” and replacing the missing letters with an apostrophe. English contractions like this became common in speech centuries ago and later became standard in informal writing.

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