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Your vs Yours - What's the difference?

your | yours |

As a determiner your

is belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

As a pronoun yours is

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

your

English

(wikipedia your)

Determiner

  • Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
    • Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience .
    Is this your cat?
  • Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
  • A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
    • Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
    Your Show of Shows
    Your World with Neil Cavuto
    Not Your Average Travel Guide
  • * Glanvill
    • Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.

    Usage notes

    * In US English, is frequent even in positions of stress. * The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in English.

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Statistics

    * 1000 English basic words

    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