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Your and You're: Do you know the difference?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Your - used for possession (e.g. That's your ball, not mine.)

    You're - contraction of "you are" (e.g. You're welcome.)

  • 1 decade ago

    You're: a contraction of "you are"

    your: possessive....

    Example: You're forgetting your coat.

    It's: a contraction of "it is"

    Its: a possessive....

    Example: It's losing all its leaves.

    Their: possessive

    There: a position or place

    They're: a contraction of "They are"

    Example: They're piling their coats over there on that table.

    got it?

    Source(s): Yeah... I went to Catholic school and the nuns thought vocabulary and spelling were important life skills.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yep, but most people on this site don't!

    They also mix up:

    there, their, they're

    two, to, too

    than, then

    were, where

    except, accept

    affect, effect

  • ...
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    your, indictaes when you're talking to someone and referring to them

    you're also denoted as YOU ARE means you are telling something to a person of what they are etc.

    Source(s): okk
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  • 1 decade ago

    yeah. do you know the difference between their, there and they're? what about it's and its? I know, do you?

  • 1 decade ago

    Your-possessive

    you're-you are

  • skunk
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I guess you got ''YOUR'' answer. ''YOU`RE welcome.

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