Their vs. there vs. they're

English is not my first language but I did my best to become as fluent as possible. And I find it strange and mildly annoying when so many native speakers are so careless with their spelling.
Their = belonging to them
There = answers the question "where?"
They're = they are.

And no, I'm not a grammar Nazi, but this is very basic!

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Herefornow · 26-30, M

Many native speakers in America don't seem to brush up much on their grammar and vocab, it seems to me. I don't know the statistics exactly, of course. But yeah, they seem to take it much lighter than those who secondary language is English. Comes with the comfort and complacence of being able to speak it naturally, I suppose.

HeadGirl · 41-45, F

@Herefornow I have a Polish friend whose English is good, and I taught her a lot of it myself. Even so, she doesn't make a pig's ear of the English language, she never uses "your" instead of "you're", she doesn't say "must of" and she doesn't mix up "then" and "than" just because they are pronounced alike in Norfolk (which is about 200 miles from where we live anyway).