Grammar Tip
The Difference Between Your and You’re
When you use these words incorrectly, it completely changes the meaning of the sentence, drives readers crazy and reflects poorly on you.
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You learned in elementary school that homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Homophones are a type of homonym. They’re words that sound alike but have different meanings and different spellings.
Let’s talk about one of the most commonly misspelled and consequently misused set of homophones:
YOUR and YOU’RE
When you use these words incorrectly, it completely changes the meaning of the sentence, drives readers crazy and reflects poorly on you. I’m going to give you some tips so you’ll never mix these words up again.
YOUR is a possessive adjective. It usually comes before a noun or pronoun, showing that the noun or pronoun either belongs to you or is related to you.
For example:
Your home is lovely. Your mother’s cupcakes were delicious.
YOU’RE is a contraction of you are. If you can’t replace it with you are and have your sentence make sense, it’s wrong. Unlike so many other grammar rules, there are absolutely no exceptions to this one.
For example:
I hope you’re having a great day. You’re a smart person.
Your and you’re have inspired some great memes illustrating why it’s important to get them right. Such as:
Your dinner You’re dinner One leaves you nourished, the other leaves you dead.
I’m sure you’ve seen others and I invite you to share them. The point is, it’s easy to get this one right.
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