First post, woo!

My fellow English-speakers:
I don’t know what the hell your problem is.
I mean, really. Really.

I know that there, their and they’re sound like the same word, but they aren’t. They aren’t interchangeable, either, yet I keep seeing people acting like they are.
GET IT RIGHT.

Jeez.
Here’s the rundown:

There. This is for spatial description. Someone asks where the toilet is, you point and say it’s over there.
- ”The death beam was over there.”

They’re. This is a contraction meaning “they are”.
- ”They’re going to take the death beam.”

Their. This is the possessive form of “they”. If you’re talking about something that belongs to them, use their.
- ”It wasn’t their death beam, but they figured, you know, what the hell.”

It really isn’t that hard.
Likewise, your and you’re aren’t interchangeable either. Check it!

Your. This is the possessive form of you.
- ”What, that was your death beam?”

You’re. This is a contraction meaning “you are”.
- ”Well, you’re going to have to fight us for it, then.”

While I can forgive this mistake in an IM conversation or something, there’s absolutely no excuse for this in a story, essay, what have you. You should always proofread what you write, and when you’re proofreading this is definitely one of the things you should be keeping an eye out for. Find your mistakes, fix them. Get someone to help you, if you need it. Just please, for the love of God, stop posting stories online with such inane little mistakes in them.