Wednesday Words: You’re confusing your words
Oh boy! This is my favorite time of the week. So far, we’ve uncovered the difference between “lose” and “loose”, and also clarified that there is no “a” in “definitely”. So today, we’re going to talk about the word “you’re”.
A lot of people, both young and old, seem to have trouble understanding how to use the word “you’re”. Many times I have seen a sentence like “You don’t know what your talking about.”
Huh? That doesn’t make any sense.
The word “your” demonstrates ownership, like “your computer”, “your car”, etc. So if you own something, you use the word “your”.
But “you’re” is a mysterious little bugger, and most people seem to avoid him. Don’t be afraid, he’s our friend. It’s actually just a shorter version of the term “you are”. So if you are trying to say “you’re right”, just remember that it could also be said “you are right”. If you always think of it that way, you will never forget to use the word “you’re” again.
That’s our lesson for this week. And just a friendly reminder – I think a couple of people feel these messages are targeted at them. Nope, I can assure you they aren’t. These posts are never intended to make someone feel stupid. They are meant to be funny and educational at the same time.
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This is a MAJOR pet peeve of mine… I hate hate hate the your/you’re screw-ups.
That and good vs. well battle, i.e.
Me: How are you?
Nathan: I’m doing good.
Me: Oh? You’re battling evil today? You are such a superhero.
Nathan:
This is clearly for example purposes only, because you never ask how I’m doing.
Yes, I do… I ALWAYS ask how you’re doing… well, not ALWAYS, but at least once or twice a day…
And as I said in IM, I usually ask it telepathically.
The history logs show that you have never asked. You don’t care about anyone but yourself!
And why are you communicating via comments when I am literally talking to you right now?
Silly Rey Rey.
I’m tempted to comment that your exactly right about this problem, but I guess that isn’t really funny; you’re posts about language make this kind of comment hard to resist, however.
thanks professor
[slinks away quietly to reflect on how egocentric he is]