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 Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:07 am
It's just like this,YOUR is a possessive pronoun,and is used to denote ownership of the person you are speaking to, while YOU'RE
is a contraction of the word YOU ARE and is like shortening the word,
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:19 am
I don't get how people mess it up...
It's the same as saying "you are" and "your" as in possession....x_x;
"Your stupid" .... the stupid belonging to me?! D;
"You're toy" .... you are toy?!?!
x____________x;;
My boyfriend does it. >>;
But I don't say anything. ._.;;
I'm too nice. e.e
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:41 am
I wouldn't go so far as to say that's a pet peeve of mine, but I do like to tease people into realizing they're using the wrong variation of 'your' or 'there' and such like that.
My pet peeve though is how people can confuse the words two, to, and too. I have a friend that thinks two is used the way too should be and it drives me crazy.. It's also sad that I keep correcting my mom who always uses to in replace of too when saying something like not too much.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:28 pm
When I get told thank you I often type your welcome, but I know it should be you're welcome. ^_^"
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:07 pm
It was confusing when I was in second grade, but I fully understand how it works.
Your is a pronoun, showing ownership. You're is a combination of two words, just to make the sentence shorter. Instead of "You are going there." it would be "You're going there."
Simple.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:19 pm
So many stories people want published on a site constantly abuse "you're" and "your" and even make up their own form:You'r". Please just learn how to use the correct forms. And some of these people have supposed 'Beta readers.' The point of a beta is to catch mistakes like that. Now, it's sad when the beta doesn't catch it.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:17 pm
I yell at my classmates for getting the two confused, but I suppose it's a little different. English is their first language. A lot of people also get to/too/two and their/there/they're confused.
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:54 pm
I hate when people mix those up. It's not hard to get it right. Your is possessive. You're is you are. How do they mess up so much?
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:05 pm
Masamune no Hi I hate when people mix those up. It's not hard to get it right. Your is possessive. You're is you are. How do they mess up so much? Because they either don't care or they're too lazy. Or no one ever taught them correct English.
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