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Please!

Okay. I KNOW that people don’t enjoy the presence of nerdy folks like me, who regularly notice grammatical/spelling errors. Blame it on my roots, or on my language background from my BYU days.

But anyway, this one major issue irks me on a daily basis. Your vs. You’re. If you believe that the two are interchangeable, please rethink your belief! I am often surprised to see very intelligent people making that grammatical error on their Facebook status and elsewhere.

There’s a lot to say about “you’re vs. your.” However, since this post is just an annoying one, I will keep this short ‘n’ sweet.

Your is simply the possessive form of you, i.e. something that belongs to you. “Your smoothie, your issue, your mama.”

An example of the wrong use of the word is, “Your so sweet!!!” (Blech! Run in the opposite direction!)

You’re, on the other hand, is a contraction (= a combination of two words: you + are). Just make sure the words “you are” would fit in the spot where you’re writing “you’re.” Correct: “You’re so hot!” Incorrect: “You’re dog has fleas.”

Thank you! Have a nice day!