Using your

Your is the second person possessive adjective, used to describe something as belonging to you. Your is always followed by a noun or gerund. You're is the contraction of "you are" and is often followed by the present participle (verb form ending in -ing).

1. How do you use your?
2. When to use your or your?
3. Can you use your in a sentence?
4. What are the 3 different yours?

How do you use your?

Your is a possessive pronoun, and it describes a noun. If the word in question is being used as an adjective, then you should use your. You're is a contraction, and there is an easy “test” you can complete to see if you should use it in a sentence.

When to use your or your?

The easiest way to remember which word to use is to remember that you're is a contraction of the words you are. You're = you are. Keep this in your mind if you get a little stuck. Whereas, your = belonging to a person.

Can you use your in a sentence?

Use “Your” in a Sentence Prior to a Noun or Pronoun

Go deliver your newspapers. George is not planning to go to your house. Is that your shoe in the ditch? You must eat your vegetables before you can play your game.

What are the 3 different yours?

But isn't it difficult?

• your – possessive, the thing belonging to you. See how it ends in “our”? Use that as a reminder. When it belongs to us, it's our thing. When it belongs to you, it's your thing.
• you're – a contraction of the words “you are”. The apostrophe is your signal that the word can be split into two words.