In every language, there are always words that are used wrong by both the native and the non native speakers. It is no different for the English language.
Here are some of those words that many people don’t use correctly.
Let us talk about these a little bit.
You’re versus Your
The pronunciation is the same in daily speech, but the meanings are different. “You’re” is a compounded word, a combination of “you” and “are”.
In written sentences, you might see “You are going to the movie with us?” but when we speak, we put these two words together and say “You’re going to the movie with us?” instead.
“Your” is a possessive word, meaning that something belongs to you. For example: “Is this your bag?” or “Can I borrow your pen?”
A good way to see which one to use is to break apart the compounded “you’re” and use it in the sentence. If it makes sense, then it’s the correct one to use. If not, then “your” is the better option.
In the next post, we’ll talk about there, they’re, and their!
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