Please can we clear up the your/you're confusion?

[marshmallowfinder]

It does matter. They are two separate words with two completely different meanings, and it is straightforward to decide which to use.

You're is short for YOU ARE.
(So, for example, "you're looking very well.")

Your refers to belonging to, or associated with a person.
(So, for example, "your coat is in the other room.")

If you're not sure, just ask yourself if you are trying to say YOU ARE, or not!

Yes, I know! Like past and passed, which also seem to be increasingly problematic to some.

Aren’t you a clever sausage

Just bare with me while I cheque my speling.

Can't we have some rest bite from this sort of criticism?

It’s all very well being a pendant but you really ought too be discrete about it.

Who cares.

As I think, language was invented by some-one. Probably men.

Why do I have to do what they tell me to do.?

If I want to wrote your instead of you're sometimes as it is quicker to type, I will!

Some people do care.

Languages evolve.

Why do I have to write a language, that men created a long time ago.

If I want to change a few things, I will.

Everything evolves over time

Once that is sorted out please could ect (etc.) also be corrected?

@pamelanoon, that’s your choice; others may choose differently.

You are stating the obvious there.

Of course it is my opinion. I wrote it as my opinion

twitch

I seen what your saying.

I don't especially care if people get it wrong, but seriously, nobody types 'your' instead of 'you're' because it's one fewer character to type in a whole sentence or paragraph (where there are probably multiple other words they could knock a letter off and still be understood). They do it either because they don't know the difference or just forget momentarily which is which.

Please can we also add to the list, the frequent use of “myself” instead of “me” or “I” - hideous!

“Shudder”

The one that throws me is why is “your welcome” the correct phrase, when we are meaning to tell the person they are welcome ie “you’re welcome”.

It says something for British education that the majority of comments on here are sneering.

Dontlets fukin careabout anything in englisssh - all correct except you just haven't evoved as far as I have.

ET CETERA etc. NOT ect.

I do. I don't like apostrophes in general.

Your welcome isn't correct though. It's you're welcome, because it is short for you are welcome.

I know the difference, but autocorrect does strange things, you don't always see your own mistakes when reading things back, this is an online chat..

Yes, I know! But it’s culturally the norm to write your welcome - I never see it written as you’re welcome.

No it's not! I can't be doing with grammar pedants on an online chat, if it's clear what is meant, it's fine, but that one really isn't a cultural norm.

Once we've all remembered the difference between your and you're. And there, their and they're. And that it's etc not ect.
Can we please learn the meanings of apart and a part. They aren't interchangeable.

The multiple you're/ your mistakes I see every day drove me to create this thread. Hoping it helps someone to understand the difference.