You see, they're easily comforted, but you have to get it in writing because those words sound alike. Their shows possession (their car is on fire), there is a direction (there is the burning car), and they're is short for "they are" (they're driving into the lake). Their is a possessive pronoun, so if Madonna and Cher own a car, it's their car ... More @Wikipedia
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