different between your vs youare
your
English
Alternative forms
- ur (informal, Internet, text messaging)
- ya, yer (informal)
- yo, yo' (African American Vernacular)
Etymology
From Middle English your, youre, from Old English ?ower, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Compare German euer.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /j??/, /j??/, (unstressed) /j?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- (US) enPR: yôr, IPA(key): /j???/, /j???/, /j?/
- Rhymes: -o??, -??(?)
- Rhymes: -??(?) (some rhotic dialects)
- In US English, /j?/ is generally the unstressed version of /j???/; in many dialects, however, /j?/ is frequent even in positions of stress.
Determiner
your
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
- Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.
- Is this your cat?
- Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
- A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
- Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
- Your Show of Shows
- Your World with Neil Cavuto
- Not Your Average Travel Guide
- (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
- Your man just bought a new car.
- Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
Translations
Contraction
your
- Misspelling of you're.
Usage notes
- The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in written English.
See also
Middle English
Determiner
your
- Alternative form of youre
your From the web:
- what your poop means
- what your handwriting says about you
- what your dreams mean
- what your price
- what your name says about you
- what your car says about you
- what your name means
- what your drink says about you
youare
youare From the web:
- what you are
- what you are famous for
- what you are getting wrong about appalachia
- what you are seeking is seeking you
- what you are going through
- what you are up to meaning
- what you are is where you were when
- what you are audioslave lyrics
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