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Invisibleshadyy
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Your/You're Dilemma * 1
    #14476498 - 05/19/11 01:13 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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:

You're a towel.
(Expands to you are - correct)

Ouch, ouch, you're on my hair.
(Expands to you are - correct)

Stick it up you're butt.
(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 are: my, your, his, her, its, our and their.) 

Examples:

What's with your dumb questions?
(questions belonging to you)

Your dog died.
(related to you)


Select the correct version:

John, you're / your not going to take Simon to watch you're / your sister sing in that show? You're / Your crazy. He'll be bored from start to finish.

 
 


NOT IN FORMAL WRITING 

Do not use contractions (e.g., you're, isn't, can't, don't, it's) in formal writing.  Always expand them.  One benefit of doing this is that you will never make a mistake with you're or it's (two notorious grammar villains).

YOURS NOT YOUR'S

The word yours is known as an absolute possessive (others are ours, his and hers). There are no apostrophes in any absolute possessives. This is another 100% rule.


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: shadyy]
    #14476512 - 05/19/11 01:19 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I approve of this thread.


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: shadyy]
    #14476525 - 05/19/11 01:26 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

This has really been eating at you huh?


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Mad_Larkin]
    #14476526 - 05/19/11 01:26 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

It could use improvements.
It was rushed.


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: shadyy]
    #14476538 - 05/19/11 01:32 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

:winning:


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: shadyy]
    #14476540 - 05/19/11 01:33 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I went to a public school sorry bro


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: trekie]
    #14476546 - 05/19/11 01:37 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

trekie said:
I went to a public school sorry bro




Don't they teach basic grammar in public schools?


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Mad_Larkin]
    #14476549 - 05/19/11 01:40 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Mad_Larkin said:
Quote:

trekie said:
I went to a public school sorry bro




Don't they teach basic grammar in public schools?



not if you're from the south


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Mad_Larkin]
    #14476550 - 05/19/11 01:40 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Yer.


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: thoughts]
    #14476552 - 05/19/11 01:42 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

iwasaClown said:
Yer.



yup thats how we der it


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: thoughts]
    #14476555 - 05/19/11 01:42 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

U mean ur and ure rite


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Micawber]
    #14476580 - 05/19/11 01:52 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

if you didn't already know this then....
:huxleyfacepalm: x10000000000
we learned that shit in like 1st grade


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Anthony917]
    #14476586 - 05/19/11 01:54 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Anthony917 said:
if you didn't already know this then....
:huxleyfacepalm: x10000000000
we learned that shit in like 1st grade



so if i gave you a test for each month of
grades k5-12

you would not miss one single answer?
ok

way to be a dick with the facepalm
maybe yer doc will use twisty wire


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Edited by Micawber (05/19/11 01:55 AM)


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Micawber]
    #14476595 - 05/19/11 02:00 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Anthony is judgmental yet worthless


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Micawber]
    #14476605 - 05/19/11 02:05 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I hate people people using "its" as a possession and or "it is". How does teachers, Microsoft Word, etc. get away with saying that's correct? It's either it's or its', but noooo.


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Micawber]
    #14476606 - 05/19/11 02:06 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Micawber said:
Quote:

iwasaClown said:
Yer.



yup thats how we der it



:feelsbadman:


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: SprewellSleeve]
    #14476610 - 05/19/11 02:08 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

i wonder if-
when the first neanderthals were forming complete sounds
if there wasn't that one SOB caveman that was a grunt only Nazi


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Micawber]
    #14476618 - 05/19/11 02:11 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

as long as your from the usa it doesnt matter. We are everything.


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: dshow]
    #14476619 - 05/19/11 02:12 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

dshow said:
as long as YOU'RE  from the usa it doesnt matter. We are everything.




fixed


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Re: Your/You're Dilemma [Re: Micawber]
    #14476627 - 05/19/11 02:15 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

as long as you're country is the united states. Your everything.


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