The most simple way to tell these two apart is to use them in a sentence. For example: Your dog is lovely. This makes perfect sense, but you're (you are) dog is lovely, does not work. You're is the words you are put together.
- How do you use your and you're example?
- How do you use your and yours?
- What is the difference between you and your?
- Where do you use your?
How do you use your and you're example?
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).
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Examples of how to use YOUR:
- What is your friend's name?
- Is this your book?
- Your pen is on the desk.
- Here is your bag.
- What happened to your hair?!
How do you use your and yours?
Your is an adjective that means "relating to or belonging to you." Yours is a pronoun that means "that which belongs to you." Yours is also used in letter writing as a closing. Your is less commonly used as a closing in letter writing.
What is the difference between you and your?
Your is the possessive form of the pronoun you. Your is used as a second-person possessive adjective. This means that the word your is always followed by a noun which belongs to or is associated with you.
Where do you use your?
When to use your
Your is a possessive adjective used to show ownership. It is not a contraction. Your is usually followed by a noun (including gerunds).