English Grammar Lesson: Your and You’re - Learn How to Use and Understand Essential English Grammar
Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me for another blog post! Today we will be having a short grammar lesson.
In this extra short grammar lesson you will learn everything that you need to know about YOUR and YOU’RE so that you never confuse them or make a mistake again. Learn that one is a possessive, and the other is a contraction, as well as in exactly which situations to use each one. In this simplified lesson, I will teach you the easy-to-remember difference between your and you’re to ensure that you use both of them successfully and confidently.
Click on the video below to watch and learn, and read the transcript underneath to check your understanding and revise today's grammar topic. Also, at the bottom of this post, you'll find a useful summary of the most important points to remember.
I hope that you enjoy this lesson - feel free to get in touch if you have any questions, I'm always happy to help.
:) Nicole
English Grammar Lesson: Your and You’re - Learn How To Use and Understand Essential English Grammar
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE ABOVE VIDEO: 'English Grammar Lesson: Your and You’re - Learn How To Use and Understand Essential English Grammar'
Hi everyone, its Nicole here again. And on the topic of some grammar questions that I have been asked, another question was what is the difference between your and you're.
Very good question. They both sound exactly the same but they’re used completely different when it comes to grammar.
The first YOUR is a possessive it shows ownership, just like, I suppose, his or her or my or their etc. So, it can be in the plural form, more than one person owning, or it can be in the singular form, one person owning. The owner is you in this situation, so you can be one person, you, or more than one person, a group of you.
So, YOUR, whereas the other YOU’RE, no possession, no ownership at all. This is always two words, a contraction, you're using two words and making them one. Obviously used a lot in spoken language, or if you're writing something quite informal, but it's always two words. You're never going to use the ‘RE if it's a possessive. You're always going to use the ‘RE with you if it's two words representing you are.
I hope that makes sense. I hope that's made it nice and clear. I'm happy to do another video, another teaching video, about this with written explanations and with examples, if you'd like me to.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, just ask them down here in the comments. I'm here to help and I'm more than happy to help. Have a lovely day. Bye!
How was the learning video? Did it help you understand the simple difference between your and you're and how to use them both correctly? I hope so!
Let me summarise the most important points for you to remember:
-YOUR is a possessive, it shows ownership, the owner is you, you can be one person (singular you), or more than one person, a group of you (plural you).
-YOU’RE is no possession, no ownership at all, it is always two words, a contraction, two words (you are) are being used as one (you're), used a lot in spoken language and in informal writing.
That's all you need to know - how easy is that! I hope that this video has been helpful and enjoyable for you and I look forward to teaching you a lot more grammar simplification in the near future.
Thanks for taking the time to learn with me, it is a great pleasure helping you!
:) Nicole
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