Doesn't anyone know the difference between your and you're?

jade_143

I know what you're talking about. Same with their,there and they're.

amybabe29

Your, as in ,"Is that your dog?"

You're (you are), as in ,"You're welcome!"

hot.turkey

your = belongs to you
you're = you are

Red

I do:
Your is the possessive form of you . Used as a modifier before a noun: your boots; your accomplishments ...

You're is a contraction for "You Are". If you can't replace you're with you are and have your sentence work, then you've messed up.

FIXIT

Your....mean something you own! your car....your dog....your house....etc!
You're... what you are doing or going to do? ( You --- a noun and 're = are --- a verb! ) You're a boy...You're a girl... You're going to school....You're going home.....!

Mystee_Rain

you're is short for you are

TONY R

your is your possesion and you're is you are

delia

you're is "you are", your is all the rest of the time

Lime Jelly â™«

ok... first thing, why is this under the topic "saftey"???

and you're is an abreviation meaning "you are"!!!
example:

1. Your pet dog is really cute.
2. You're not being very nice to that person.

Get it

2eighty8

How does this fall under safety, let alone transportation? Hmmm...languages category...transportation category....it sounds like you're worse off than the people who doesn't know the difference between "your" and "you're."

AngryAmerican82

Don't you know the definition of "pedantic"?

Pobody's nerfect, not even you. As far as I'm concerned, spelling errors aren't even worth bringing up as long as they are easily decipherable.

bri n

one is mine and one is you are

douglas b

There's also 'their', 'there', and 'they're'.
They're frequently muddled up.
This site is a magnet to illiterates, apparently.

SnoddersB

Most do not know the difference between THEIR and THERE, maybe there is no hope for the English language since a large proportion of the country use it as a second language. Maybe instead of thousands of interpriters all should be forced to learn English to live in this country, and if they can not fill in the forms then tough.

Begbie

You're means you are hence the apostrophe, e.g you're asking a questionon yahoo answers.
Your means belonging to you, e.g that is your question on yahoo answers.

timsdad

it's to do with 'grammar'
like yours sincerely at end of a letter, or you are (you're) fired, for not working hard enough.

ChildrensPeace

your is your dog, your modifier to a noun.

you're is "you are" contracted meaning "you to be." Connects the subject to the verb (action).

COOL CYBERDUDE

Foreigners seem to get it right all the time...

Be cool

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muppetofkent

Your = belonging to you e.g. is that your car?

You're = Contraction of "You are" e.g. You are going to buy a dictionary.

Â¤ForeverÂ¤

"your" means that something belong to you.
" You're" is absolutely different from "your"
it "You are" you is the pronoun and are is the verb.

Phil C

hahaha

You ask

You get

your/you're the/da when/wen does/dus isn't it/innit have/hav

They haven't got a clue!

_illyanna

you're asking a question and expect answers to your question. :P

you are is contracted to you're and should be used only when you are would be used.

your is a possession pronoun and should be used only to define a possessed article.

You are (you're) my sunshine.
Your sunshine, mister star, is beautiful.

delicateharmony

Heck I have a terrible time screwing up the contraction of you are (you're) and possessive (your)... Its terribly embarrassing to be honest.

Mostly a problem with excessively fast typing and not paying attention as I type.

Darned good point though.

-dh

AdamKadmon

Doesn't anyone know the difference between your and you're? Did you mean this question or did you mean to ask, why doesn't anyone use your and you're, correctly? So, I guess everyone could improve their english, even those who point fingers.

nycgrl

Hello,

Your means your possesion, like your cat, your work. You're is an abreviation of you are, so you're asking a question, (you are asking a question)

glen

your = what you have in your hands / possession, pertaining to other person
From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/your
1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an attributive adjective):
2. one's (used to indicate that one belonging to oneself or to any person):
3. (used informally to indicate all members of a group, occupation, etc., or things of a particular type):

you're = is the short cut for you are

wolfmantex

Are you commenting on lazy typists or on the real meanings of the words? The internet and text messaging have created shortcuts for a lot of regular words, so maybe that's what you're (you are) seeing...

drshorty

Yes. But I respectfully point out that they sound exactly the same, so there is reason to believe that, in your mental knowledge of language, they are not different.

iltmaemc

your is possession - your pen
you're is short for you are - you're smart or you are smart

Paul

Seems very few do.

Some of my OTHER favorites:

1. Rilla-ter for Realtor.

2. prostrate for prostate.

3. breaks for brakes.

4. then for than and than for then

5. I forgot the rest

**Dellydoo**

....you're is short for you are
....your is something that is yours...ie your school

Merry Christmas

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