Or have they stopped teached contractions in school?
2007-05-26 10:51:39 · 41 answers · asked by Buffy Summers 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"Teaching" contractions.
"Your" shows possession of an item (your hat, your coat), while "You're" is the contraction of "You" and "are".
2007-05-26 10:54:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mcgranny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we type on here in abbreviated form, and though I personally really dont care what form folks use as long as the meaning is clear, I'm wondering about you asking this question and using the words stopped teached contractions.....Maybe you did that on purpose???? Just wondering. Also, spell check would not catch it, it catches words that are spelled wrong but not grammar.
2007-05-26 11:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm....
"Think4 Yourself". Do schools no longer teach kids to put a space at the end of a word before making a new one. If yahoo has become a grammer contest and we can no longer relax and skip a few apostrophes than perhaps you should also join us in being grammaticaly correct.
First, you'll need to change your screen name to "Think 4 yourself" or even better would be "Think for yourself".
2007-05-26 10:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by TrophyWife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't ('do not') take this crap seriously. Very few people bother to use the Check Spelling option when they compose their answers and it's ('it is') right in front of them. Look at the variety of pointless questions and unimportant garbage that's ('that has') gotten many of these idiots all wound up! We're (that's the contraction for 'we are' and that's is short for 'that is') ... (if you're (you are) wondering) ... all doomed! Pretty fancy punctuation ... huh?
P.S.: The '?' belongs outside the quotation marks, so the first one is superfluous and grammatically incorrect!
Who's ('who is') yer (slang for 'your' - possessive) daddy (father - figuratively speaking) ... say MY NAME ... Maddog ... Maddog ... Maddog ...
2007-05-26 11:08:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. "Your" is used when you own something, like "Your dog is fluffy." 'You're' is a contraction of you and are, as in "You're not very good at math."
See? Some people still do!
2007-05-26 10:55:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your is a possessive pronoun used to indicate ownership. You're is a contraction. It is a combination of the words you and are.
2007-05-26 10:54:13 · answer #6 · answered by divine_inter_vention 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your is a possession word used to show ownership
you're is a contraction of the words you are
ex: i like YOUR dress
ex: YOU'RE wearing a pretty dress
hope this helps!
2007-05-26 11:06:08 · answer #7 · answered by flutist101 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your = possessive pronoun
You're = contraction of you are
and a message to Tokusie it is a shame that literacy is DYING on the Internet
2007-05-27 04:34:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh honey, I so feel your pain.
Apparently, they are too busy learning cute texting codes and such to be bothered with grammar.
I can't understand for the life of me why they don't utilize that little "check spelling" button!
I guess it comes down to people not being concerned with being perceived as idiots. Perhaps they do not know they are idiots.....
2007-05-26 10:54:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL!!! how about spelling
"wont" instead of "want", "no" used as "know"...
the list goes on and on.
I understand the occasional mistake, but really!!
I think no one has bothered to teach that spellcheck doesn't correct for grammar...
2007-05-26 10:57:29 · answer #10 · answered by TEM 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋