There, their and they're. They are all different and all mean different things. Let's learn them and not mess up another post on something so trivial. Mkay?
There is for location. Look over [i]there[/i]. I want to go [i]there[/i].
Their is to show possession. It's [i]their[/i] copy of Destiny. [i]Their[/i] internet sucks.
They're is short for they are. [i]They're[/i] stealing my car. [i]They're[/i] a bunch of douchebags.
Since you just refreshed your mind on basic phonetics, I better not see another one of these homophones spelt wrong. *Pounds fist against hand*
EDIT: I have the right to be the grammar (phonetic) police in this post.
EDIT: Changed grammar to phonetics in second to last line (not counting the edits). Thank you ManBearPiglets.
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Surely if they are illiterate they will not be able to read or write any one of those three words. Perhaps they just never achieved a high education standard ... no different to people who can't comprehend a common grammatical tautology - for example someone who would write "[i]all different and all mean different things[/i]".