I don’t know why I have to do this, but I think someone has to put up a public service announcement on how to correctly use “Your”. So here…

YOUR denotes ownership. You own a car, therefore it is YOURS.

YOU’RE means YOU ARE. You are a donkey, therefore YOU’RE a donkey.

One would think that this is obvious, that we should know these things. But too often have I seen written work by people my age (22 people…that’s about 15 years after the time you were taught this lesson) who don’t realize that there is a difference in meaning as much as there is a difference in spelling.

I become offended when I see YOUR and YOU’RE mixed up. It’s like an insult to my intelligence. For you to be so ignorant and so lazy as to not even bother to consider if you are using it properly speaks loads on your character. You’re a loser. You should be dead.