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YOUR vs. YOU'RE

  

stick duck

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 2:02 PM

YOUR
is the possessive case of the second-person pronoun, meaning "of you" or "belonging to you" etc. It functions as an adjective, which means it modifies a noun.

e.g.:

Your account has been deleted.
Your alter ego is annoying.
Your stupidity is obvious to everyone.
Your asininity is becoming tiresome.

YOU'RE
is a contraction (hence the apostrophe) meaning "You are". It functions as "noun + verb".

e.g.:

You're an annoying troll.
You're stupid.
You're asinine.
You're tiresome.
You're about to be banned by the webmaster.

Do you grasp the difference, children?

GO AND SIN NO MORE.

stick duck

  

stick duck

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 2:03 PM

P.S. Tomorrow, boys and girls, I will teach you the difference between "it's" and "its".

Ta ta.

stick duck

  

Agent 007

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 2:23 PM

What about "yer?" As in, "YER GAY."

Agent 007

  

stick duck

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 3:06 PM

I think if you listen carefully, 007, you'll find that the man on the drop is saying "You're"...and in "YOU are gay!"

stick duck

  

dr ipod

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 3:07 PM

Sometimes I think I have no life, but then I see posts like these and I feel pretty good about myself.

dr ipod

  

stick duck

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 3:14 PM

Touche, Doctor. The sad fact is, EVERYONE who posts here regularly is a loser with no life at all. We've got washed-out 28-year-olds, senile 47-year-olds, virginal pimply-faced computer nerds still living in their parents' basement and beating off to the Olsen twins on TV, and other assorted fat sad retarded loser fucks whose (not "who's"!) life revolves around a lame radio call-in show.

What a sad life we all lead!

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to slit my wrists.

Farewell, Cruel World!

stick duck

  

j4k3

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 3:35 PM

We'll see yer gay ass in hell.

j4k3

  

steve

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 4:21 PM
Edited Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 4:21 PM

As any true fan of Kerouac knows, it's the all-encompassing, "YR".

steve

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