your
and
you're
I ask because many of the folk answering ....don't!
Have things changed so much since I went to school or are folk just lazy/ignorant nowadays?
2007-08-04 10:58:17 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
YOU'RE a ****!
2007-08-04 11:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by ALLEN B 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Your is a possessive noun. It indicates that something belongs to you. You're is a contraction of "you are". I make this mistake sometimes because I'm typing quickly. If I were actually being graded, maybe I'd waste my time enough to check my work.
2007-08-04 18:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by Aloofly Goofy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your is when you are saying something that is a 'posession'
Your apple
Your sister
You're is a contractionn of you and are.
You're going to the store?
You're rude!
There ya go, and I'm only 16.
2007-08-04 18:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
'your' is used when the writer is saying that something belongs to someone else.
'You're' is used when the writer is using colloquial parlance and is wanting to shorten 'You are'.
For example,
"You're absolutley correct, grammar is much worse than in times past. Your question and it's blerb are valid in their assumption."
I blame 'txt mgs' and LeetSpeek, wot u sa?.
2007-08-04 18:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by isildurs_babe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well YOU'RE is a contraction of YOU ARE.
The word YOUR is a personal pronoun, showing ownership of something.
I think it's lazyness or they just weren't LISTENING during english class!
2007-08-04 18:08:18 · answer #5 · answered by PSYCHO DAISY MAE 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Apparently, not too many people care about the word or it's significance.
Your means ( yours, belongs to you.) Your name is?
You're means (you are.) You're my friend.
Got it? Very simple, very easy, and don't you forget that you're smarter than your teacher sometimes.....
2007-08-04 18:06:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your is a reference to ownership ie: your car
Your`e is short for you are ie: you are late
It`s a common mistake on this site and is generally due to bad grammar....
2007-08-04 18:04:05 · answer #7 · answered by McCanns are guilty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. But I know the difference a rookie soldier and a constipated owl. One shoots but can't hit.
Remember, in this life, you're your best friend.
2007-08-04 18:26:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Whoah, dude, I am giving your question a star.
you're - you are
your - shows ownership.
Don't you wish people could just get it right?
2007-08-04 18:42:37 · answer #9 · answered by Sunshine Face 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your = possessive form of the third person singular and plural
you're = contraction of you are
2007-08-04 18:05:57 · answer #10 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We know the difference...it is laziness.
2007-08-04 18:06:56 · answer #11 · answered by harvestmoon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋