Her vs Their - What's the difference?
her | their |
Belonging to her.
The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
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* 1594 , Shakespeare, William, The Comedy of Errors , act IV, scene 3, line 1172:
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, first = J. K.
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As a verb her
is (lb).As a noun her
is .As a determiner their is
.her
English
(wikipedia her)Alternative forms
*Determiner
- This is her book
See also
(English personal pronouns)Pronoun
- Give it to her (after preposition)
- He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
- He treated her for a cold (direct object)
- "Then what became of her ?"
- "Her'? Which ‘'''her'''’? The park is full of ‘' hers ’."
- "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
Statistics
*their
English
Determiner
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- There's not a man I meet but doth salute me
As if I were their well-acquainted friend