Look, you guys. I like you, I really do. However, if I have to read one more essay that uses the word 'there' incorrectly, I'm going to scream, tip over my bin and quit my job to go and follow Green Day on tour.
There's really no excuse for mixing up there, their and they're, not least because one of them is clearly a contraction of they and are. Remember: THERE - indicates position - he is over there; there is a happy man outside THEIR - indicates possession - their socks are stripy; they took out their books THEY'RE - contraction of they + are - they're a funny bunch, 10E1; they're likely to do well. This video explains it in a little more detail:
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