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Regulith:
Alright guys, this needs to be done for people who haven't been taught this in school yet.

The Difference Between "Your" and "You're"

Your

Proper usage: "I saw your picture in the thread!"
Note: Remember this - "Your" is usually used for possession. "Your ball", "your friend", "your mother".

Improper usage: "Your a good artist!"
Note: This usage may prompt the response "What about his good artist", because this sentence is implying that you own a good artist. (Which may be the truth, but isn't likely.)
You're

Proper usage: "You're a good artist!"
Note: Remember this - It's a contraction of "you" and "are".

Improper usage: "I saw you're picture in the thread!"
Note: This would read "I saw you are picture in the thread!"
DarthVolga:
I'm sorry, but I think this topic wasn't really needed that much.
Wynd_Fox:

--- Quote from: Regulith on September 18, 2009, 07:50:32 PM ---Alright guys, this needs to be done for people who haven't been taught this in school yet.

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Ironic that you should make a grammar/spelling thread and say "alright". The proper word is "all right", which seems a trivial as people misusing you're/your.
Leafsoo7:
i just like to type fast some times i use you're but most of the time i use your, ill try to get back to typing You're
Regulith:

--- Quote from: Wynd_Fox on September 18, 2009, 07:54:19 PM ---Ironic that you should make a grammar/spelling thread and say "alright". The proper word is "all right", which seems a trivial as people misusing you're/your.

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--- Quote from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alright ---al⋅right
  /ɔlˈraɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [awl-rahyt]

–adverb
all right.
Usage note:
The form alright as a one-word spelling of the phrase all right in all of its senses probably arose by brown townogy with such words as already and altogether. Although alright is a common spelling in written dialogue and in other types of informal writing, all right is used in more formal, edited writing.
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