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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
There and their, I have no idea. (Note I didn't include "they're". That one is easy.)
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"They're" is a contraction of "they are". Too many people automatically think that an apostrophe denotes possession, and incorrectly use it instead of "their". As long as you remember it's a contraction, you'll remember this one.
"There" indicates a location. The easiest way to remember this is that it contains the word "here". Just remember that if you were a lot closer to the place you're talking about, it would be "here" instead of "there".
"Their" indicates the possession of something (or some things) by more than one person. I don't know of any easy hints to remember this one other than knowing what the other two mean, and using "their" when the other two don't fit. The only other hint I could think of is that it contains the word "heir", which is who gets your possessions when you die.