Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

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Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

Post by Fungamer » Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:54 am

You're and Your
Some writers are confused by you're and your. A mistake involving these constitutes a grammatical howler.
You're
You're is a contraction of you are. It has no other uses. This is a 100% rule. If you cannot expand it to you are in your sentence, then it is wrong.

Examples:

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
(Expands to you are – correct)

Doing nothing is very hard to do. You never know when you're finished.
(Expands to you are – correct)

Please ask Joan to post the parcel when you're in London.
(Expands to you are – correct)

You said that you couldn't believe you're ears.
(Does not expand to you are – should be your)
Your
The word your sits before another word (usually a noun or a pronoun) to show that it belongs to "you" (e.g., your car, your arm), is of "you" (e.g., your picture, your photograph) or is related to "you" (e.g., your uncle).

Your is a possessive adjective. (Other possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our, and their.)

Examples:

Our expert will answer your questions about pensions and savings.
(questions belonging to "you")

Sarah doesn't look like your sister.
(related to "you")



Thats all for Your & You're




Now, for capitalizing.

1. at the start of a sentence

Bali is an Indonesian Island.
It is a lovely day.
2. with proper nouns (particular persons, places and things):

Her name is Mary.
She lives in Spain.
She was born on Tuesday the sixth of June, 1998. She lives at 10 Greenstoke Avenue, Newbay, Bristol.
3. with adjectives that come from proper nouns

They live in a Georgian house.
He loved Japanese films.
4. for the first and all of the main words in titles

The Great Gatsby
The Queen of England
The Heart of Darkness
The University of Delaware
The Second World War
5. For the pronoun 'I'

In the future I hope that I will be able to visit Turkey.


SO YOU DO NOT FUCKING CAPITALIZE EVERY WORD YOU USE IN A SENTENCE LIKE THIS: I Am Not Feeling Good, Man I Should Go Home And Rest A Bit, BECAUSE YOU SHOULDN'T FEEL GOOD IF YOU DO THAT




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Thanks for reading, I did this out of the hope that PKHonor may finally have flame-feasts where there aren't like 5 people saying weird shit.
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Re: Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

Post by Ruler » Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:59 am

Your Amazing! Thanks For This, Learned Alot

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Post by Jon » Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:14 pm

Ruler wrote:Your Amazing! Thanks For This, Learned Alot
Wow. ;)
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Re: Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

Post by Adam2569 » Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:31 pm

I'm sure a lot of people get "there" and "their" wrong as well :)
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Re: Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

Post by Heisenberg » Thu Sep 25, 2014 1:48 pm

Your amazing at guides x
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Re: Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

Post by Joby » Thu Sep 25, 2014 3:48 pm

Thaank u SOO MucH FOUR THUS Now I KNO How to grammer corrlectly. (You're) Truly A GRammar lEGEND.
(Notice how I used the correct you're) :D
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Re: Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

Post by Taiga » Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:07 pm

When do you use ur?
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Re: Your & You're + The rules of capitalization

Post by Simon » Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:32 pm

Yuno gasai wrote:When do you use ur?
u're*
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Post by Maurits » Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:34 pm

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Post by Azu rite » Thu Sep 25, 2014 7:24 pm

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