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Cutter · 07-25-2003, 01:42 AM

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if there are any grammatically correct sentences that have the three their's consecutively? Also are there any that have the three to's consecutively?

Amen-Moses · 07-25-2003, 01:47 AM

Their parents over there, they're ugly!

Amen-Moses

Cutter · 07-25-2003, 01:53 AM

Hmm, my post must not have been worded correctly. I was looking for the three words in a row, i.e. without any other words in between.

Enlighten Me · 07-25-2003, 02:00 AM

Their "they're" there is used incorrectly.

I'm sending a funny card to two, too serious people who need a good laugh.

ju'iblex · 07-25-2003, 02:04 AM

look! there, they're their potatoes, but there, oh, over there they're their swedes.

Enlighten Me · 07-25-2003, 02:04 AM

Oops! My double post is the result of adding a comma to the second sentence in an attempt to make it more grammatically correct...

Cutter · 07-25-2003, 02:05 AM

Thank you Enlightened Lady. Very interesting. I like the second sentence particularly. The first seems like a bit of a reach though. I'm not arguing that it's incorrect, I just can't see anyone using such a cumbersome sentence!

(Edited to add)

And thank you too, Ju'iblex.

Enlighten Me · 07-25-2003, 02:30 AM

But imagine looking at a sign that several people have made on which they have written:
THEY'RE ARE NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES!

You would say, in response to it: Their "they're" there is incorrect. (Of course, you'd criticize the sign's content as well
as its grammar...)

Cutter · 07-25-2003, 02:46 AM

I understood the context of the sentence, but I (and I suspect most people) would say "That 'they're' is incorrect".

VonEvilstein · 07-25-2003, 04:02 AM

Well, I thought it was at twenty-to-two, too.

They're there, their friends haven't arrived yet.

07-25-2003, 01:42 AM	#1
Cutter Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,805	Their, there, they're and to, too, two. Just out of curiosity, does anyone know if there are any grammatically correct sentences that have the three their's consecutively? Also are there any that have the three to's consecutively?

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07-25-2003, 01:47 AM	#2
Amen-Moses Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Portsmouth, England Posts: 4,652	Their parents over there, they're ugly! Amen-Moses

07-25-2003, 01:53 AM	#3
Cutter Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,805	Hmm, my post must not have been worded correctly. I was looking for the three words in a row, i.e. without any other words in between.

07-25-2003, 02:00 AM	#4
Enlighten Me Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Southern Ca. Posts: 1,109	Their "they're" there is used incorrectly. I'm sending a funny card to two, too serious people who need a good laugh.

07-25-2003, 02:04 AM	#5
ju'iblex Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Australia and beyond the realms of Gehenna Posts: 6,035	look! there, they're their potatoes, but there, oh, over there they're their swedes.

07-25-2003, 02:05 AM	#7
Cutter Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,805	Thank you Enlightened Lady. Very interesting. I like the second sentence particularly. The first seems like a bit of a reach though. I'm not arguing that it's incorrect, I just can't see anyone using such a cumbersome sentence! (Edited to add) And thank you too, Ju'iblex.

07-25-2003, 02:30 AM	#8
Enlighten Me Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Southern Ca. Posts: 1,109	But imagine looking at a sign that several people have made on which they have written: THEY'RE ARE NO ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES! You would say, in response to it: Their "they're" there is incorrect. (Of course, you'd criticize the sign's content as well as its grammar...)

07-25-2003, 02:46 AM	#9
Cutter Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,805	I understood the context of the sentence, but I (and I suspect most people) would say "That 'they're' is incorrect".

07-25-2003, 04:02 AM	#10
VonEvilstein Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: .nl Posts: 822	Well, I thought it was at twenty-to-two, too. They're there, their friends haven't arrived yet.

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