Beginner 🎯 Pronunciation & Mistakes · #5 of 111

Common Confusing Pair: Your vs You're

your = belonging; you're = you are.

Examples

  • You're right about your plan.

Key rules

  • Your is a possessive determiner meaning belonging to you
  • You're is a short form of you are
  • Replace you're with you are to check which word you need

Common mistakes

  • Your right about the plan → You're right about the plan
  • You're plan is good → Your plan is good

Use cases

  • Writing comments online
  • Emails to colleagues
  • Proofreading a CV
💡 Tip: Read the sentence with you are in place of the word; if the meaning changes, use your.
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Common Confusing Pair: Its vs It's

its = belonging; it's = it is.

Common Confusing Pair: There, Their, They're

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