and I can’t really describe how. Their is more like a they with an r on the end.

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    1 year ago

    I wonder if it’s conditioned by word stress. “There” is usually the object of a phrase (and therefore stressed), while “their” usually modifies a following noun that gets the stress instead.

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      1 year ago

      Would that be true if I’m just saying the word in my head though? I think there’s a case for that since I’m probably thinking of the word in the context of a sentence (any sentence) when I say it in my head.