Gloria P wrote:
>
> 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

I suppose the latter is a more plausible theory,
because it doesn't presuppose he ever had that
ability.