Blogging Tips

I am not a great speller. Hard to believe with the many errors blog commenter’s find on all of my blog posts, sarcasm if you couldn’t detect, but it’s true: I suck at spelling. But that’s okay. Why? Because no matter how many people negatively comment on your blog due to spelling, snobby attitudes, or just rip on what you have to say, spelling is the least of your worries.

Yes, you should try to make your spelling as accurate as possible, but if you get slammed by the public because you screwed up a few “easy” words, don’t sweat it.

I understand your pain which is why I’ve decided to break down the difference between “your” and “you’re”. To many people, this variation of the word seems like a no brainer, but to many people it’s not, and whose to say that you’re an inferior blogger just because you said “your a computer user” instead of “you’re a computer user”.

The Break Down

Your: this means possessive. When you say “your”, you mean that what ever the subject of the conversation / article is about, it belongs to the person in question. Huh? Don’t worry, here’s an example.

“I want to go to your house for dinner.”

This sentence means that I want to go to dinner, but I want to do it at the house that you live in, not at my house or some random restaurant, I want to eat at “your” house. In this sentence, “your” implies possession of the house.

You’re: this means “you are”. This version is a contraction meaning that you add an apostrophe and take out a letter so that you can combine the two words.

“You’re so nice.”

This means that you are so nice. The apostrophe takes the place of the “a” in “are” and allows the two words to come together, this is the same principle for all contractions.

Examples:

“I love your shirt!” ~ I love the shirt you own / possess.

“I’m not fat, you’re fat.” ~ I’m not fat, you are fat.

“Your boyfriend is so hot.” ~ The boy you own / possess is hot. (I know this example is weird because you can’t own people, but this is still that this version of the word means.)

“I know I shouldn’t take out my frustration on you, but you’re just a jerk.” ~ . . . you are just a jerk.