Monday, March 9, 2009

Word of the Day

Your/you're - Your is a possessive pronoun, as in your bicycle. You're is a contraction. It means you are. As in you're going to the ball Cinderella.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Key,
    I am Khaled Elshazly, a student in ULSM.
    Just an interesting thing, once I was been directed to your blog, I though that it open mine as it has the same look and feel.
    http://kelshazly.blogspot.com/

    Thanks for your advice.

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  2. Is it then acceptable to write "you're" instead of "you are" in an essay/report?

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  3. Dear Robbie: As long as you distinguish between "your" as the possessive and "you're" in place of you are, it is acceptable to use contractions in an essay.

    KB

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  4. Hi,
    I am Salah from Oman.
    I liked the blog, because it help as (non native english, to distinguish between similar expressions in english language.
    Thanks
    Salah

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