Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Grammatical Errors: It's YOU'RE not YOUR


There are many grammatical mistakes committed by native English speaking folks and those what not. We're here now to talk about one of the whitest English grammatical error: YOU'RE and YOUR.

To start of, let us identify and differentiate both.


The word YOUR is a possessive adjective. It is usually followed by a noun or pronoun indicating YOUR POSSESSION of that certain N/P.

Examples of the proper usage of the word YOUR:


Moving on......


The word YOU'RE is a contraction of YOU ARE. Simply put, lazy people who would rather join two words as one use YOU'RE instead of YOU ARE. If in a sentence you encounter a YOU'RE-YOUR crisis, just remember: If you can't elaborate it to YOU ARE, then it's YOUR.

Examples of the proper usage of the word YOU'RE:



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