Your vs You're

[Manifest Destiny]

It's quite simple. You're is just a shortened version of you are. So, if you say (incorrectly) "You're car in the garage", it actually means "you are car in the garage" - which is obviously silly.

So for practice, whenever you are thinking of using either your or you're, try imagining you're as you are. Then it will make sense. up

EDIT: Same goes for its and it's. It's is just a shortened version of it is.

Your overreacting. Its not a big deal. Their are more important things to worry about.

[Inese]

So many words in English are spoken the same way and are written similar --- terible!!!

Oh look at the funny commerical about the same pronouciation in English...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD4roXEY8hk[/YOUTUBE]

lol i find it so funny!! But okay i make the same mistakes often!! Really it is hard to difference similar words who sound the same....

[Loki]

Your overreacting. Its not a big deal. Their are more important things to worry about.

An incorrect spelling of a word can mean that the reader misinterprets the sentence. So I think it is important, if people want to be understood.

[Karaten]

I never thought this would be so hard to figure out for so many people.

[Hors]

it's quite simple. you're is just a shortened version of you are. So, if you say (incorrectly) "you're car in the garage", it actually means "you are car in the garage" - which is obviously silly.

So for practice, whenever you are thinking of using either your or you're, try imagining you're as you are. Then it will make sense. up

edit: Same goes for its and it's. it's is just a shortened version of it is.

Fascinating!

[Manifest Destiny]

I never thought this would be so hard to figure out for so many people.

I never thought it would be so hard for native English speakers to figure out. People who don't speak English as their first language may be confused and justifiably so, because many languages don't use apostrophes like we do.

[Ulf]

I actually pronounce them differently.

[Beorn]

Would it amaze all these non-English people who've posted so far that we English don't particularly care whether it is 'your' or 'you're'?

We pronounce them both the same and know exactly what is being said.

Now, you bloody foreigners, stop trying to find chinks in the God armour of the English.

[Loki]

Would it amaze all these non-English people who've posted so far that we English don't particularly care whether it is 'your' or 'you're'?

We pronounce them both the same and know exactly what is being said.

Now, you bloody foreigners, stop trying to find chinks in the God armour of the English.

I've noticed, but is this carelessness intentional, or perhaps because they just don't know which is the correct way? I'm inclined to think the latter, and I think it must be blamed on local education standards.

If I were an employer, and had to read a CV of an applicant which is riddled with careless spelling mistakes, that guy/girl would never get the job. Similarly, when I debate online I have most respect for an opinion which is worded correctly. Spelling mistakes by native English speakers are just off-putting and reflect badly on those who make it. I am not talking about typos or accidental errors.

[Karaten]

I've noticed, but is this carelessness intentional, or perhaps because they just don't know which is the correct way? I'm inclined to think the latter, and I think it must be blamed on local education standards.

If I were an employer, and had to read a CV of an applicant which is riddled with careless spelling mistakes, that guy/girl would never get the job. Similarly, when I debate online I have most respect for an opinion which is worded correctly. Spelling mistakes by native English speakers are just off-putting and reflect badly on those who make it. I am not talking about typos or accidental errors.

The more effort you put into making something presentable the more you care about it, and if you don't care enough to type out the word "you", why should I care about your post?