The ABC’s of the ABC’s:
You’re is for you are not your which is possessive
Examples:
Your embarrassing grammar is what makes Americans look dumb.
You’re dumb because among other things your grammar is at a 4th grade level and you’re in your thirties.
You’re probably more confused than before so just um, carry on. Whatever.
Class dismissed.
If we're going to get picky about grammar, then I think we should look no further than your first sentence:
ReplyDelete"You're is for you are not your which is possessive"
Seems ungrammatical to me. "Which is possessive" seems like a non-restrictive clause, which tend to be preceded by a comma. Kind of like in the sentence I just wrote.
Rule of thumb is that when using "which" instead of "that", you should use a comma.
"You're is for you are not your, which is possessive".
The use of "that" in your example would sound awkward and probably ungrammatical.
"You're is for you are not your that is possessive".
- Dumb American
Re-reading my comment I just noticed some typos, which kind of defeats my purpose. (another non-restrictive "which" clause! Yay).
ReplyDelete-4th grade dumb american
hahahaaa...touche "dumb american". Readers like you make this fun. By the way, it's American not american. It should be capitalized. Oh, and you forgot the "s" in tends.
ReplyDeleteWhatever is not a complete sentence. It lacks a subject and a predicate. In fact, I'm not even sure it is even a subject or a predicate. I don't even know what part of speech it is. I guess I am a dumb American.
ReplyDelete