HOW DO I SEE SEEMINGLY COMPLETELY LITERATE ADULTS WRITE 'YOU'RE' AS 'YOUR'
STOP. OKAY?? DO YOU NEED A GRAMMAR LESSON RIGHT NOW?
your - Used in context of something belonging to someone or something. In dialogue:
"Hey, you left your necklace at my house."
you're - You are. So, how to use it?
"Well, if you are angry about that," →
"Well, if you're angry about that." ✅
＊You're is typically used when someone is calling said person something or telling to them (the person) about themselves (the person) . Examples:
-> "You're normally a fun person to be around." ✅
-> "You're kind of ugly." ✅
-> "I said you're neat!" ✅
→ "You're sad." ✅
So that? All great. Need help? Write 'you are' versus 'your' if you need to figure something out. Let's do good and bad examples here.
→ Your beautiful. ❌
→ You're cool. ✅
-> You're mad at me? ✅
→ I didn't say your rude! ❌
-> That sweater in my house is yours. ✅
After a while, it's easy to see when you've used the wrong version.
Let's reveal what's wrong with these.
→ I didn't say your rude! ❌
– This tells the reader or person seeing this that you're talking about a belonging. 'Your rude' = Your friend owns something named Rude. And you're talking about their rude.
Fix? You're. As in You are = meaning that the person is rude. ✅
— They have something to their name, a belonging or property that is beautiful. You're talking about their beautiful. Now what is that, exactly? A beautiful, I guess.
– Meaning, the person is beautiful.
