Three words that cause a lot of trouble in English are they’re, there, and their. I don’t know why we have so many words that sound the same but have different spellings or meanings (called homonyms), but they exist and we just have to know them.
The term “they’re” is a contraction of two words: “they” and “are”. Their is a possessive adjective, indicating what belongs to someone. There is an adverb meaning 'at that place', as in “The potato chips are over there.”
A little practice will erase any confusion. People (even native English speakers) sometimes mistakenly use these words interchangeably in writing, which is a no no.
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