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You're is a contraction of you are. It has no other uses. This is an absolute rule. If you cannot expand it to you are in your sentence, then it is wrong. ''You're'' is a contraction of you are. It has no other uses. This is an absolute rule. If you cannot expand it to you are in your sentence, then it is wrong. The word your sits before another word (usually a noun or a pronoun) to show that it belongs to "you." Your is a possessive adjective. (Other possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our and their.)The word ''your'' sits before another word (usually a noun or a pronoun) to show that it belongs to "you." ''Your'' is a possessive adjective. (Other possessive adjectives are: my, your, his, her, its, our and their.) '''Your''' and '''You're''' are '''homophones''', as they sound phonetically the same. In phonetics, a homophone is a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not. In the case of your and you're they are spelled differently. === Accepted Adaptation / Legit Slang? ===The Urban Dictionary says Your is '''First grade chimpanzee for "You're"''' [define http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=your]A: I consider it an "Author I.Q. Indicator" - Derek'''If you're not going to write it properly and you're not going to get a dictionary and you're not going to bother learning how to spell and you're too lazy to care, then write it "YOU ARE"!=== Did Your Spellchecker Fail You? ===Your is not a contraction of you are, just as there or their is not a contraction of they are.''' The Urban Dictionary says Your is ''First grade chimpanzee for "You're"'' [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=your define] ''If you're not going to write it properly and you're not going to get a dictionary and you're not going to bother learning how to spell and you're too lazy to care, then write it "YOU ARE"!<BR>Your is not a contraction of you are, just as there or their is not a contraction of they are.''[[Category:Grammar]Your grammar sucks and you’re an idiot if you screw up homophones is the opinion of [http://learnyourdamnhomophones.com/ LearnYourDamnHomophones(dot)com]. (explicit language warning) '''[http://www.renegadegraphics.biz/article_spell_check_not_a_substitute_for_proofreading.html Spell Check Is Not a Substitute for Proofreading].''' ''The English language is rife with homonyms, words that sound alike but have different meanings. If a word is spelled correctly but used incorrectly, spellchecker will not catch it. It is very important to proofread your work for these kinds of errors.'' See [http://www.onlineschools.org/library/grammar/ Common Grammar, and spelling Mistakes] for many common misspellings and grammatical errors that should be observed and corrected in your writing. [[Category:Grammar]] See also: [[Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs]]