So, in order to educate my esteemed friends of the younger generation***, I thought I'd take a few minutes to explain the difference, in the unlikely event you take history and are confronted by these two words.
Your explains possession. Example phrases would be:
- Your mom.
- Your dog bit my ankle and now I would like to have it killed and investigated for rabies, not because I fear rabies, but more because I dislike dogs.
- Your a dummy.
You're is used when you are combining the concepts of "you", and "are". That is, you are explaining a quality someone else possesses. Examples are as follows:
- You're a dummy.
- You're never going to be able to jump over that ditch containing rancid sewage.****
- Your mom thinks you're never going to understand this concept because your brain has been turned to mush by your bad habits, but don't feel bad, she doesn't think you're a dummy like I do.
Do you believe you're genetically superior to people who incorrectly use your/you're?
If the answer is yes, you're pretentious. If the answer is no, you most likely use the pair incorrectly, and thus, as discussed above, your a dummy.
I'm not entirely certain which is worse.
*YouTube comments are the very lowest form of communication known to man, and for that reason, probably the most read. I could spend hours sifting through that drivel, chuckling all the way.
**So, let's pretend I'm not that smart for a minute. Talk to me like I'm a third grader. Is you're technically a word? Do contractions count as words? I'm humming conjunction junction to myself, but that doesn't mention anything about contractions...
***HAH! I barely have friends in MY generation, let alone the younger one.
****This was half true when it escaped my lips. He managed to clear it on all occasions but one.
6 comments:
Definitely pretentious.
Is their a problem? I don't get it. They're must me something I'm missing. I just think it's there problem, not mine. Your a fool.
hello mr. perry, its been a while and i want to do two things: 1) say "hi", 2) i don't want to be pretentious, but it seems that you have a typographical error in the final sentence of the fourth paragraph when discussing the (and i now quote) "you/you're paradox". i believe, from what my elementary mind can ascertain, that you mean to write "your/you're paradox". if i am wrong, take it with a grain of salt, i don't like to capitalize. have a lovely evening. candie
Ha ha, this post is to funny. Some people are dumber then you. Just except it and move on.
i herd from jer that you had a funny post, so i red it. good won.
I nominate these as the best comments ever. absolutely hilarious.
and candie, you are right, though I'll admit it was intentional. just trying to force everyone to feel the same pain I do when encountering that sort of mistake.
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