Thursday, May 22, 2008

Your right, you're wrong

I don't mean to sound like a grammar snob, but people, get it right! Some of you didn't get taught much in English class! Here' a little lesson in when to use "your" and when to use "you're." It's a common mistake that people make to use "your" when actually they should be using "you're." Your is an adjective. According to Webster, your is:
1 : of or relating to you or yourself or yourselves especially as possessor or possessors <your bodies>, agent or agents <your contributions>, or object or objects of an action <your discharge> 2 : of or relating to one or oneself your right> 3 —used with little or no meaning almost as an equivalent to the definite article the<your typical teenager>
For example, Park your car over there.

You're is a contraction for "you are." Example, If you park your car over there, you're (you are) going to be out of the way. See how simple that is? So, before choosing your or you're, ask yourself, "If I choose to use your, does that mean that you're going to get it right?"

2 comments:

Karen said...

Yeah! Preach it!

Wendy Melchior said...

Now if you could clear up lay, lie, laid, lain, lying. Then whomever, whoever, who, whose, who's. A little to, too.