How to Use ‘You’re’ and ‘Your’
The confusion of ‘you’re’ and ‘your’ is a mistake commonly made in the written language. Here’s a simple guide to making sure you’re getting it right.
Steps
1- Use You’re when compounding you and are. ‘You’re’ is a compound version of ‘you are’. Should ‘you are’ not work in the sentence where you were thinking of writing ‘you’re,’ then you should use ‘your’.
2- Use Your to when suggesting that something belongs to the person that you are taking to. ‘Your’ indicates belonging. If the object (tangible or intangible), belongs to the person or persons that you are referring to, then ‘your’ should be used.
Tips
Here are a couple of examples
Correct-
In reading this guide you’re developing your communication skills.
Incorrect-
If your thinking of writing to the same quality of this sentence then your going to have to work on you’re writing ability
Always double check your work. Simple errors like those above can be easily avoided.
Endeavour to write correctly no matter what medium you are communicating through. Writing posts on facebook or sending texts to a friend in good English will help you set good habits.