Why is it that so many here don't know the difference between the words "your" and "you're"?

Answer 1

A lot of people are not used to grammatically correct writing, especially when on a chat line, im, or message board. A lot of people may speak correctly but when it comes to writing, they mix up some of the basic rules, hence "your" and "you're".

Lets teach,

your is a possessive pronoun. "This is your day"

you're is a contraction of the words you and are, meaning you are. "Boy, you're gonna get it when dad gets home!"

Answer 2

It's not exactly that they don't know the difference, although many may not, it's what my husband and I call Bubonic Laziness.

I mean honestly... does it cost that much trouble to press the shift key and capitalize the beginning of sentences? Or hit the Check Spelling when you're done typing?

I, for one, believe that this society relies way too much on spell check. That is, spell check is the exact reason why we are becoming so bad at spelling. Since both of the spellings you used are in fact correct, spell check will not alert you to a mistake. What you would need in that case is a grammar check, which most word processing programs now possess, but not Yahoo Answers.

I don't know if you can remember, but before calculators and computers.... We had to do our own math - with only the help of...PARENTS and TEACHERS!!!! GASP! I know scary.

The other reason may be that for the people answering the questions, and using the wrong form of the word, English is not their native language.

Answer 3

I think mostly people are just lazy, it's shorter and faster to type "your" instead of "you're". You don't need to use the apostrophe and most people get you anyway (although they probably think you're dumb for not knowing the difference).

So, this thing of saving letters and being understood anyway is bad for us, because we become so tolerant and so used to the misspellings that we might start misspelling ourselves after a while.

Answer 4

We (teachers) are still teaching grammar and spelling I assure you. I think with the quick pace of im and emailing, people just assume that others will get the gist of their message and think correct spelling is not that important. However, it really is important to use grammar and spelling correctly when submitting anything to anyone in writing. Same thing goes for there, their, and they're.

Answer 5

Alot of people here don't know the difference between alot of things. There are some pretty retarded people here.


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Answer 6

It beacause, their mother language is not english,and they still have not faced the life where they must know english.
I think it is pretty harsh to complain about other's english language skill as all of here must know this site is not only for people who talks in english.Different people has different language and we must respect it.

Answer 7

You're asking a good question, so I will offer a little input for your edification.

Two reasons:

1. Stupid
2. Lazy

Answer 8

I think it's more stupidity than laziness. It drives me nuts. Along with people not knowing the difference between their, they're, and there; to, two, and too, and it's and its. It makes me believe we are no longer teaching grammar in schools anymore!

Answer 9

Yaw absolutely right. Yore question hit the nail right on the head.

Answer 10

bc some people aren't that good at being gramatically correct and then some people just forget sometimes...i've done it before when im typing but i know the diffrence in "your" as possession and "you're" as in you are!