different between your vs youre

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

1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

   Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.

   Is this your cat?

2. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
3. 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

4. (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

1. 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

1. Alternative form of youre

English

Contraction

youre

1. Misspelling of you're.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ?ower.

Alternative forms

• your, yowyr, yowur, yor, yur, yure, yeur, yhure, yhour, yhoure, ?our, ?oure, ?owyr, ?owur, ?or, ?ore, ?ur, ?ure, ?iore, ?hour, ?houre, ?aure, ?iure, ?iwer, ?eur, ?eure, ?euer, ?euwer, ?ewer, ?ewere, gur, gure, giur, giure, giuor, giuer, giuwer, giwer, ihore, ihoire, iure, eour, eoure, eouer, eouwer, eouwere, eower, eowwer, eore, eur, eure, euwer, euwere, our, oure, or, ore, ouer, ouwer, ouwere, ower, owur, hour, æure

Determiner

youre (nominative pronoun ye)

1. second-person plural possessive determiner: your (plural)
2. (formal) second-person singular possessive determiner: your (singular).

Descendants

• English: your

See also

References

• “your, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.