different between yours vs pours
yours
English
Alternative forms
- your's (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English youres, ?oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your +? -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /j??(?)z/
- Rhymes: -??(?)z
- (US) enPR: yôrz, IPA(key): /j???z/, /j?z/, /j??z/
- Rhymes: -??(?)z
- Homophone: yaws (in some non-rhotic accents)
Pronoun
yours
- That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
- That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
- “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better. […]”
- Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.
Usage notes
- In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, sincerely is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam finishes with faithfully. Yours on its own and yours ever are less formal than the other forms.
Synonyms
- yourn (obsolete outside Britain and US dialects, especially Appalachia)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
References
Middle English
Pronoun
yours
- Alternative form of youres
yours From the web:
- what yours is mine
- what yourself
- what yours is mine movie
- what yours truly means
- what yours will find you
- what yours to use
- what yours like
- what yours price
pours
English
Pronunciation
- Homophone: pores
- Homophones: pause, paws (some accents)
Verb
pours
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pour
Noun
pours
- plural of pour
Anagrams
- puros, roups
pours From the web:
- what pours out of a volcano
- what pours tea
- what pours but isn't a liquid
- what pours out thick
- what pours wine
- what country pours water at 12 am
- what does porous mean
- what does poursuivant mean
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