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Posted on: August 28, 2016 at 10:29:28 CT
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You're and Your
Some writers are confused by you're and your. A mistake involving these constitutes a grammatical howler.
You're
You're is a contraction of you are. It has no other uses. This is a 100% rule. If you cannot expand it to you are in your sentence, then it is wrong.
Examples:
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. (Lily Tomlin)
(Expands to you are – correct)
Doing nothing is very hard to do. You never know when you're finished. (Leslie Nielsen)
(Expands to you are – correct)
Please ask Joan to post the parcel when you're in London.
(Expands to you are – correct)
You said that you couldn't believe you're ears.
(Does not expand to you are – should be your)
Your
The word your sits before another word (usually a noun or a pronoun) to show that it belongs to "you" (e.g., your car, your arm), is of "you" (e.g., your picture, your photograph) or is related to "you" (e.g., your uncle).
Your is a possessive adjective. (Other possessive adjectives aremy, your, his, her, its, our, and their.)
Examples:
Our expert will answer your questions about pensions and savings.
(questions belonging to "you")
Sarah doesn't look like your sister.
(related to "you")
Edited by Nohawks at 10:32:14 on 08/28/16
Some writers are confused by you're and your. A mistake involving these constitutes a grammatical howler.
You're
You're is a contraction of you are. It has no other uses. This is a 100% rule. If you cannot expand it to you are in your sentence, then it is wrong.
Examples:
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. (Lily Tomlin)
(Expands to you are – correct)
Doing nothing is very hard to do. You never know when you're finished. (Leslie Nielsen)
(Expands to you are – correct)
Please ask Joan to post the parcel when you're in London.
(Expands to you are – correct)
You said that you couldn't believe you're ears.
(Does not expand to you are – should be your)
Your
The word your sits before another word (usually a noun or a pronoun) to show that it belongs to "you" (e.g., your car, your arm), is of "you" (e.g., your picture, your photograph) or is related to "you" (e.g., your uncle).
Your is a possessive adjective. (Other possessive adjectives aremy, your, his, her, its, our, and their.)
Examples:
Our expert will answer your questions about pensions and savings.
(questions belonging to "you")
Sarah doesn't look like your sister.
(related to "you")
Edited by Nohawks at 10:32:14 on 08/28/16
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