Yes, the dog is over there. It's a place somewhere other than where you are currently.
Or, you could say, there was a brave man, but he couldn't help so there was no hope. It doesn't refer to a place.
Or I'm taking you to the border, but from there you're on your own.
Confused yet?
Let's try by adding a similar word, their
It means belonging to a group as in, it was their dog that caused the damage.
Of course, this can be twisted a little, and you could say, everyone has to bring their own pack, meaning at times it could refer to one, or many,
Then just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, there's they're.
This is a contraction for they are, so it's they're not going to fo as their told.
Wow, it starts getting complicated when you use two or more of those similar words in the same sentence.
Confusing?
That's why it always pays to have a dictionary handy.
Just in case autocorrect fails, which it seems to quite often for me. I'm not sure why.
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