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Bookmark or Share- How to Use You're and Your: 7 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHowTo use you're and your correctly, remember that you're is short for "you are," and your is used to show ownership, like in "your house." If you don't know which one to use, try writing "you are" instead.
- “Your” vs. “You’re”: How To Choose The Right WordYour is a possessive adjective used to show ownership. It is not a contraction. Your is usually followed by a noun (including gerunds). For example: Your hair looks great today! I wish I had your energy. Has all your running around made you tired? If you added you are in the place of your in these sentences, they would not make sense.
- Your and You're: Rules for Usage | Merriam-WebsterYour is a single word, and shows possession of a thing (as in ‘your paper has some mistakes’). If you can substitute the words you are then the correct choice is you’re . If you cannot substitute the words you are then you should use your .
- Your vs. You're: When to Use Your and You're (with Useful Examples) - 7ESLYour is a possessive adjective that describes something that belongs to you, the person being addressed. You’re is a contraction for “you are.” How can we determine when to use “Your” or “You’re”?
- Your vs. You’re: What’s the Difference? - Writing ExplainedWhen to Use Your. Your is the possessive form of you. It is a second-person possessive adjective used as a modifier before a noun. For example, Are these your glasses? How do I get to your house? Your wedding was beautiful. Since your is an adjective, we can typically expect a noun or pronoun to follow it in our sentence.
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