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you're

pron.
A1 Beginner youre

pron. a short way of saying 'you are'. You use it when you are talking to someone and describing what they are doing or how they feel.

pron. a contraction of the second-person pronoun 'you' and the present tense indicative form of the verb 'to be'. Used as the subject of a clause followed by a noun, adjective, or present participle.


SIMPLE

You're doing a great job on this project.

CONTEXTUAL

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COMPLEX

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Usage

Always functions as a subject-verb contraction; cannot be used as a possessive.

Pitfall

I like you're carI like your carLearners frequently confuse the contraction 'you're' (you are) with the possessive adjective 'your'.

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