HOW????

[conuly]

How can you consistently type you're when you don't mean you are? Does the apostrophe signify nothing to you?

*cries*

Comments

Counterpoint

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

Yes, the apostrophe signifies ownership with many English nouns. E.g., "Connie's blog contained Kaiden's comment about someone else's bad spelling." "Your" doesn't follow this rule (and if it did it would be "you's" and not "you're"), but that is where the mistake could easily creep into a person's writing.

Re: Counterpoint

[codeman38.livejournal.com]

Hm, valid point; it parallels the "its"/"it's" mistake I see so frequently...

Re: Counterpoint

[staircase-wit.livejournal.com]

I hate that... not seeing it, so much as making it. It's impossible to get its spelling right 100%.

Re: Counterpoint

[conuly]

No it's not. You just have to be patient.

Re: Counterpoint

[conuly]

But... the e? I mean, I can understand the apostrophe, maybe... but the e?

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[eofs.livejournal.com]

Well if you're sitting there thinking "possesive... possesive... ooh, apostrophe for the possesive. So it's you'r... But wait, I've never seen you'r written down, but I have seen you're. That must be it."