Is it really that difficult to differentiate between YOUR and YOU'RE?
 

Every few months there is a thread on GFY talking about the proper use of Your and You're

YOUR is a possessive adjective, indicating ownership of something
That is your sock.
Where is your potato?

YOU'RE is a contraction (combination) of you and are
Do you know what you're doing?
You're stupid.
The two are not interchangeable.

Getting it wrong makes you look stupid. And ugly.

:2 cents::helpme

You tell 'em KRock.

:winkwink:

Your making perfect sense Krosh!

Yer my hero

The adult industry is crumbling and you are concerned with YOUR and YOU'RE?

Crumbling for you maybe :pimp

There, their and they're is also incredibly difficult for most people to grasp

If you think the industry is crumbling, then it means eventually people are going to leave this industry. Even more reason to learn the difference between the 2 so that in the real world they can function. :pimp

Your an asshole, go stick a dildo in you're ass!

I am an asshole and proud of it.

Your attempt at humor......boring

:thumbsup

U know U R 2 old when you try to collect every1s grammar.

It is not "your" or "you're". It's "UR".

With instant messages... Our grammar is changing.

UR Welcome.

I are doesn't understand you're post's

It irritates me also. You're = you are, not that difficult really.

UR is the new you are or your.

Serious shit right here :winkwink:

Get it right or GTFO!

T'es Ton!!!!!!

Well, in the "real world" of software engineering, where I worked through the mid 1990s... I had to edit every single report and memo my former boss wrote before they were disseminated, because he was not only confused about your/you're, their/they're/their, and to/too, he also habitually confused "algorithm" with "logarithm." (He also hilariously confused "whether" and "weather," which I was always tempted to NOT correct in the final draft.)

This guy was the director of operations at a company that had millions in annual revenue and over 60 employees in its production department. It was all good though, because in reality his actual job was to be the president of the company's brother-in-law.... and he definitely had all the hard-earned qualifications needed to hold that crucial position. ;-)

Quentin,

Haven't spoken to you in a long time. Hope all is well

I understand what you are saying and agree, we are surrounded by stupidity :1orglaugh

Your use of the number 2 in this sentence is incorrect use of grammar and I don't think you are stupid. Why should you?

Using grammatical correctness to gauge intelligence is setting the bar pretty low isn't it?

I just can't agree more and I do believe it's not that hard to differentiate them.

Glen, using the number 2 rather than the word two is not grammatically incorrect, rather it is informal.

I am not gauging intelligence based on grammatical correctness, merely saying it is personally irritating :)

:thumbsup

It Happens
 

I know the difference between There, Their and They're, but after a couple of drinks or just plain stupidity, I make a grammar error, my GF or her family will act as I committed high treason or some other heinous crime. I made a mistake, I don't need to hear about it hourly for the next month.

there goin to say your a spelling Nazi ! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

No it just does not matter

I can count to potato

your so cool.

feel free to call me

is their a reason for you're statement? rofl ... and yes, i know ... same with they're and their ... well, US fellas have to PAY for education - and some cannot afford any *semi-serious* coff coff :P

Whose and who's is kind of a bitch though.

Look who's talking you can't even spell your own name.

Maybe you need to create the "How to tell the difference between your and you're" series of videos. Sell them online, make millions, retire.

You know you are using "ur" too much when you use "collect" instead of "correct."

i could of cared less

Fixed? Or...

I don't understand how It can be so hard. English is not my first Language but I have never had any problem with those or your/you're.

Sadly the people who need to know it most... care the least.

That one gets me and I still get caught up on affect/effect.

anyone who complains about grammar on gfy is a fucking MORON

Just remember... EFFECT is the END result. E--->E

i cant afford an apostrophe... :(

What about insure/ensure?

For some reason I remember this from a test in a writing class from Uni.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! You made your joke!!!!! Good for you!

Alot of talk about your and you're.

I have often wondered how people are able to write intelligible blog posts if they make such basic spelling and grammar errors.

know != now
were != we're != where
loser != looser

Dude - Like Me Or Hate Me...

I'm nothing but truly consistent :) :thumbsup

This is truly my #1 internet pet peeve.

A lot of people these days (especially the younger ones) don't seem to give a damn about proper grammar and spelling. It's easier to label someone a "grammar nazi" than use the correct grammar.

That's fine. No problem.

I hope you don't mind when your job application and employment resume is included in the first wave to hit my trash can.

Carry on. :)

Year write

as is who and whom

For me, as non English speaker, its very strange to see such a mistakes. I can not imagine how somebody could mix up your and you're or there and their etc. I mean its stupid mistake even for non English speakers, its unimaginable how English speakers could do such a mistake.
One more that bugs me: too and to... How could someone which is native in English "I like it to" instead of "I like it too"? Its surprisingly common mistake.. I mean too and to even does not sound similar, one is clearly long and one is clearly short word when spoken.