Llbean wrote:
Wow. Your cool.
*You're.
Your is the possessive form of the word 'you'. For example:
Are these your glasses?
How do I get to your house?
Your wedding was beautiful.
The word you’re is actually a contraction of two separate words, and the apostrophe in the middle of the word indicates this to us. When you see words with an apostrophe like this, you can be sure that it is a contraction; the apostrophe stands for a missing letter (or letters) in the word.
'You’re' actually stands for the words 'you are'.
So, we must keep this in mind when we are writing our sentences. If the two separate words you are do not fit, we cannot use the contraction 'you’re'. For example:
You’re car is running. WRONG
You are car is running. WRONG
TIP: No matter which word you think should be placed into the sentence, substitute it with 'you are' and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it still makes sense, use 'you’re'. If it does not, use 'your'.