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[Ya-ta Boy]

'You' is a pronoun. 'Are' is a verb (the 'be' verb to be specific). When you put them together, they equal 'you're'. The meaning stays the same.

'YOUR' on the other hand, is a possessive pronoun. Like 'Your shirt is blue. My shirt is yellow.'

While an occassional mistake or typo is natural, it isn't that fu*king difficult to keep these two words separate. Yes, I know you're (you are) mom called tonight with bad news about you're (you are) family and your (house? car?) in a bad mood, but you're (you are) bad grammar doesn't have that excuse. Christ on a cookie. Get with the program.

[VanIslander]

I just wrote on your other thread: "You aren't far enough away" (from yer family)

You're not quibbling with that too, are ya?

[Junior]

English is a living breathing language, an evolving entity. There are no rules. So long as your understand what meaning is being conveyed it doesn't matter.

if i agreed with you, you'd have to agree with me that American english is horribly flawed and incorrect. But apparently its all in the eye of the beholder. or behearer, nobody can preside in judgement. Let him who never says 'aint" slang the first stone.

[Qinella]

And thus, the battle of the Prescriptivists vs. the Descriptivists has begun!

Bom Bum BBBOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!

뿌뿌 뿌뿌 뿌뿌 뿌뿌!

And while we're at it, let's have quick lesson on how to use the subjunctive form.

If I was you, I'd kill myself.
wrong

If I were you, I'd kill myself.
right


Q.

[Ya-ta Boy]

A few years ago, a favorite word here at Dave's was 'dribble'. Unfortunately, the posters meant 'drivel' but were so stupid they didn't know the difference.

[EFLtrainer]

[EFLtrainer]

[Wangja]

As a passenger in the late 70's, I once gave a stewardess a really hard time flying back from Saudi Arabia: seeking to have the last word, she sneeringly said:-

"Do you know you drivel when you're asleep, Sir?"

I did not understand what she meant until I learned today that "drivel" = "dribble".

Drivelling while I sleep ...... hahaha .... bollox ...

[Wangja]

[jinks]

[Scott in Incheon]

If everyone who points out this mistake actually knew something about education and learning, then they would know it is classified as a miscue. It is rarely an error of knowledge, and I would say in adult native speaker of English, the chance that it is an error of knowledge is very slight indeed.. I would be willing to bet that every teacher on this board if given a test on the use of 'your' and 'you're' would get 100%.

When people make the mistake they are not showing their ignorance of grammar, they are simply having a momentary mental malfunction. They people who comment on the error and question the language capabilities of the poster are the ones who, to me, who are showing their ignorance.

You should to questioning the offending poster proofreading skills, not their knowledge of English.

[seoulshock]

what about them peeps who be sayin' shiz like-

"i could of gone there, and i would of, but i was busy bangin' my biznatch."

[jinks]

[tiger fancini]

[Wangja]