Mark Thorson wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> Bobo Bonobo® said...
>>
>>> On Aug 15, 5:14 pm, Andy > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "It's morally wrong to allow suckers to keep there money."
>>>> --Mrs. Murphy's Law.
>>> Where did you find a quote that used "there" to mean their?
>> Forgive me.
>>
>> A momentary lapse of reason.
>
> That's not an error of reason. It's a lexical error.
> Much more serious, because it indicates deterioration
> at a more fundamental level. Could be the first sign
> of Alzheimer's or another form of senile dementia.


Two other possibilities:

1. a momentary brain lapse translated i nto the typing fingers

2. someone who never mastered the difference between their, there and
they're

gloria p