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You use t_____ to indicate that something belongs or relates to the group of people, animals, or things that you are talking about.You use theirs to indicate that something belongs or relates to the group of people, animals, or things that you are talking about.
There was a big group of a dozen people at the table next to theirs.
It would cost about £3000 to install a new heating system in a flat such as theirs.
Theirs had been a happy and satisfactory marriage.
word theirs
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You use theirs to indicate that something belongs or relates to the group of people, animals, or things that you are talking about.
There was a big group of a dozen people at the table next to theirs.
It would cost about £3000 to install a new heating system in a flat such as theirs.
Theirs had been a happy and satisfactory marriage.
You use theirs instead of 'his or hers' to indicate that something belongs or relates to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman.
If someone wanted it, it would be theirs for the taking.
cefr-level B1

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