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"Its" and "It's": Explaining the Difference

In our post on "they're," "their" and "there," we learned that some similarities between words can be ignored when speaking...

Explaining the Difference: "By" and "Until"

Both "by" and "until" are prepositions that focus on time. But many students struggle to differentiate between the two and...

Explaining "They're," "Their" and "There"

Homonym pairs are often difficult for students to remember and use correctly — so adding a third word with the same...