Originally Posted by
Marker222
Bad enough that Kennedy is outing the "peniled females" but the buck stops here.
You're and Your
Some writers are confused by you're and your. A mistake involving these constitutes a grammatical howler.
You're
You're is a contraction of you are. It has no other uses. This is a 100% rule. If you cannot expand it to you are in your sentence, then it is wrong.
Examples: The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. (Lily Tomlin)
(Expands to you are – correct) Doing nothing is very hard to do. You never know when you're finished. (Leslie Nielsen)
(Expands to you are – correct) Please ask Joan to post the parcel when you're in London.
(Expands to you are – correct) You said that you couldn't believe you're ears.
(Does not expand to you are – should be your)
Your
The word your sits before another word (usually a noun or a pronoun) to show that it belongs to "you" (e.g., your car, your arm), is of "you" (e.g., your picture, your photograph) or is related to "you" (e.g., your uncle).
Your is a possessive adjective. (Other possessive adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our, and their.)