Your vs. you’re
You’re is a contraction, a shorter way to say “you are.” Example: You’re looking great today. Your is a pronoun to show possession. Example: I picked up your notebook by accident; it looks like mine.
Tag: grammar
Making proper names plural
Never add an apostrophe S to make something plural.
Parallel sentences: It’s all about balance
Parallel sentences basically mean balanced sentences. A pattern of words is used to show that multiple ideas have the same priority level.
In writing, spelling counts, especially at weddings
I have been the recipient of not one, but two, wedding invitations with misspellings. Not just misspellings: in both cases, the word “marriage” was misspelled. How does this happen?
“Who vs. Whom” Rears Its Ugly Head
The word “who” can only be used when it is the subject of a verb. That might sound confusing, but it just means it is like the words “I,” “he,” “she,” “we,” and “they.”