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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

Her microhistories weave compelling lives into larger stories, and William Moulton Marston is irresistible.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The edges of the elegant paper are crackled; the ink bled into the linen weave long ago and has not faded.
How Gettysburg Did Not Unlock the Past|Laird Hunt|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I heard he helped you create Thanos, and weave him into the story.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Filmmaker James Gunn on His Glorious Space Opera and Rise to the A-List|Marlow Stern|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ex-sexy elf Orlando Bloom, without even putting on his Legolas weave, turns Justin Bieber-punching everyman.
An Unlikely Hero Blooms in Ibiza: Orlando Bloom Sort of Punches Justin Bieber|Amy Zimmerman|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the Forum Club, there is taffeta and lace, leather and gold.
Shaq, Year One|Charles P. Pierce|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She could not work on such a day, nor weave fancies to stir her pulses and warm her blood.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Absurd as that taffeta dress was for a child of her age, it seemed to her an armor against all disaster.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Nine identical High-Pocketses—all so tall they had to weave around the neon lights instead of ducking under them.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
The women of the interior spin and weave for their household, and they also embroider very beautifully.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
The artisans of Bengal can weave, the Chinese boatmen can row, with its aid, and it adds much to facility in climbing.
Man And His Ancestor|Charles Morris