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S vs Yours - What's the difference?

s | yours |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a pronoun yours is

that which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    yours

    English

    (wikipedia yours)

    Pronoun

  • That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  • :
  • That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
  • *
  • *:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are'' pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
  • :

    • Usage notes

    * In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours'' at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, ''sincerely'' is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with ''Dear Sir'' or ''Dear Madam'' finishes with ''faithfully''. ''Yours'' on its own and ''yours ever are less formal than the other forms.

    Derived terms

    * up yours * what's yours * you'll get yours * yours truly * you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    References