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Monday, July 05, 2004

Today's English Lesson: You Are Not My Friend

Your != You’re


your adj. The possessive form of you.
1. Used as a modifier before a noun: your boots; your accomplishments.
2. A person's; one's: The light switch is on your right.
3. Informal. Used with little or no sense of possession to indicate a type familiar to the listener: your basic three-story frame house.
[Middle English, from Old English ower, genitive of ye. See you.]

you're Contraction of you are.

These are not the same words. They are not interchangeable. They both have very distinct and separate areas of usage. They are for different contexts. They do not equal each other.

What “Ur” Actually Means


Ur Known in biblical times as Ur of the Chaldees.
A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a site in present-day southeast Iraq. One of the oldest cities in Mesopotamia, it was an important center of Sumerian culture after c. 3000 B.C. and the birthplace of Abraham. The city declined after the sixth century B.C.

OR

uro- or ur- pref.
Tail: urochord.

OR

uro- or ur- pref.
1. Urine: uric.
2. Urinary tract: urology.
3. Urea: urethane.

NOT

Any form or abbreviation of “you’re” or “your” whatsoever.

Thank you.