"Your" and "You're" are irritating!

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Yeah yeah... I probably have bad grammar and spelling but one thing I find really irritating especially now is that I find myself constantly having to make sure I use Your and You're correctly and it's irritating. :mad: Who is the idiot that came up with this??
 
Your is used when you are talking about something someone else has. Example: "Hey is that your car?" or "Dude! Your haircut sucks!"

You're is used as a contraction for you are. Example: "You're going to the store, right?" or "Hey, you're going to Hawaii."

Its not that hard, really. If you can't say 'you are' and have it make sense, you're is not the right word. If it isn't possessive, your isn't the right word. Simple.
 
I don't even speak English in daily life and I don't think it's hard. Just type 'you are' when you're wondering which one you should use and you could fit in those 2 words instead. For everything else use your.
 
No one “decided” to make you’re and your so similar. Your is possessive, and you’re is a contraction; it’s merely a coincidence that they turned out to be homophones (obviously, you are came long before you’re, which developed later as a colloquial word). Same deal with its and it’s: it’s is the obvious contraction, but its developed from the possessive hits (to match his, hers, ours, and theirs), and over time the h was dropped.

Not to be demeaning, but even though there are many aspects of grammar that I can understand are difficult for people (how come schools never seem to teach subject-verb agreement anymore?), I’ve never really understood why contractions stump native English speakers.
 
I know my "your" and "you're", but used to confuse "a lot" with "alot". I think I use it correctly now......

SS69
No, YOU'RE grammAr is sad.
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I think that was a joke. :lol:
 
Sage
I’ve never really understood why contractions stump native English speakers.
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Word. Beats me. It's pretty sad, too.
 
"You're going to pick up your new car this afternoon, aren't you? You've spent a lot of your money on that!"
 
a6m5
I know my "your" and "you're", but used to confuse "a lot" with "alot". I think I use it correctly now......
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There's nothing to confuse, 'alot' isn't even a real word. It's 'a lot' every time.

The other thing I see a lot around here is people using 'loose' instead of 'lose'.
 
Damn, if only this topic was made later. I knew this one! :D

They're
There
Their
Are also very irritating..
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Just practice, and you'll get the hang of it. ;)
 
Sage
No one “decided” to make you’re and your so similar. Your is possessive, and you’re is a contraction; it’s merely a coincidence that they turned out to be homophones (obviously, you are came long before you’re, which developed later as a colloquial word). Same deal with its and it’s: it’s is the obvious contraction, but its developed from the possessive hits (to match his, hers, ours, and theirs), and over time the h was dropped.

Not to be demeaning, but even though there are many aspects of grammar that I can understand are difficult for people (how come schools never seem to teach subject-verb agreement anymore?), I’ve never really understood why contractions stump native English speakers.
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I was wondering when you'd come up. You should be an english teacher, or be my personal tutor. :lol: ;) I'm like failing English.
 
Here's the deal, if you can make two words out of it use the apostraphe.

Otherwise don't.

That takes care of its and it's, you're and your, and they're and there/their. That means that the only other thing you have to concern youself with is the difference between there and their. For that one just remember that there is like here but with a t on the front - which means it refers to a place. Their is like heir but with a t on the front, which means it refers to ownership.... man and I just made that second one up!

Ok let's practice.

Thxxx going to thxxx house to see if itxx ready for youxx party.

Ok. Can we make two words out of the first one? They are going to... why yes. Yes we can. So it should be They're. Can we make two words out of the second one? They are house... no. We can't. So it has to be there or their. Is it a location or ownership? Are we saying the house is somewhere or that someone owns the house? We're saying someone owns the house so it should be t-heir.

Ok They're going to their house to see if itxx.

Can we make it two words? It is ready? yes. Ready for you are party? No.

So the right sentence is:

They're going to their house to see if it's ready for your party.

Ok how hard was that? Seriously? All you have to do is learn the rules. Which I didn't learn until like 2 years ago myself - how sad is that? That's what I get for going to public school...
 
Damn I made the error on a english test TODAY, like damn annoying.

I learned alot of english on here but now I only had a b going to c because of those stupid li'll faults.

7,5 out of 10 I scored.
 
danoff
Here's the deal, if you can make two words out of it use the apostraphe.
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Oh, actually that is a lot more helpfully because I sometimes was just going by sound not actually thinking about how I'd spell it. I don't remember how the hell my teacher taught it so I can't comment on that part. Thanks danoff. :)

:odd: I don't know if it's just public school because I have some cousins from private school and they arn't that smart.
 
Hmm, i've seen quite a few people around here constantly mixing up the "they're there their" words.

But, they also make a lot of other gramatical mistakes, it has to be said. mates
 

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