Why Do So Many Native English Speakers Write "your" When They Mean "you're"?

Statebriga | 23:39 Tue 07th Oct 2014 | Society & Culture

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Do they really not know the difference or what? And how can so many people have problems with it?

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Cloverjo

I've only known "swag" to mean a burglar's takings or the cheap stuff you can win at amusement arcades.

I can't stand that fake Jamaican - or whatever it's meant to be - accent that I hear from London kids on news vox pops sometimes.

sandyRoe

Couldof/could have and shouldof/should have need a finely tuned ear to hear the differences.

sandyRoe

Cloverjo, my old dad would fly into a rage when I'd say, See you later, alligator'. Plus ca change...

RATTER15

It may all be worth bearing in mind that 1 in 10 of the population is dyslexic, which would account for exactly that type of error, I sometimes do it myself but often correct it before posting.

Maydup

My Dad used to say See you later alligator, every day as we left for school. Loved him. He wouldn't have known how to spell you're but he had more hope for us at school!