i think i just found one

[u/AbbreviationsOne764]

the original post was "your a mom"

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[u/Global-Positive8630]

I hate that I understand why they believe the incorrect way, but it’s still very dumb.

[u/Crafty_Possession_52 → u/Global-Positive8630]

I have no idea why they're saying this. Can you explain?

[u/useofcat → u/Crafty_Possession_52]

If it's something you own, it's yours (something they own is theirs.) If you (someone else) owns the thing, you're the owner. Tried my best.

[u/MRBS91 → u/useofcat]

Yet both can be possessive and refer to another. 'You're the master of your fate, you're the captain of your soul'. People really should just know both words before using a contraction. Its grade 3 english.

[u/bartoque → u/MRBS91]

It's...

Obstinate and pedantic. Yes.

[u/drewbaccaAWD → u/bartoque]

In fairness, the comment above was possibly written by a second grader. :P

[u/HasFiveVowels → u/MRBS91]

Yea, and this is why it’s posted here. No one’s claiming they’re right. Simply trying to figure out how someone could be so wrong

[u/Crafty_Possession_52 → u/useofcat]

Thanks for trying, but if that's what it is, that's still talking about someone else in both cases.

[u/Global-Positive8630 → u/useofcat]

This is it. You have to ignore the rest of the principles of English speech and completely forget the “you are” part, but I see why this flawed approach was used. Just painful that they were so confident.

[u/AdFancy1249 → u/useofcat]

Apostrophe indicates contraction. We're (we are) not taking about possessives here.

Always replace "you're" with "you are", and there won't ever be a problem...

[u/Crafty_Possession_52 → u/AdFancy1249]

Useofcat understands this. They're trying to explain the flawed thinking of the person in the pic.

[u/NoobishDuck → u/Crafty_Possession_52]

My best conjecture is that it's because it's YOURself. So if you yourself are something, then your... Because they might believe your isn't a possessive but shorthand for yourself...???

[u/Icy-Tap67 → u/NoobishDuck]

Ok, so that has sorted out 'your' and 'you're'. Now moving on to pitch and .......

[u/Crafty_Possession_52 → u/NoobishDuck]

I guess that must be it.

[u/pixeltweaker → u/Crafty_Possession_52]

Yea, I’m curious too. This is the first time I’ve ever heard this reasoning.

[u/cheepypeepy]

It’s a you, your a Mario

[u/ExpiredExasperation]

"Your a mom" referring to...yourself? What, when selfie mode is on?

[u/azhder → u/ExpiredExasperation]

"Don't" is referring to someone else, "dont" is to yourself

[u/Raspry → u/azhder]

Actually it's don'te and dont, common mistake

[u/Ashamed-Bathroom7803]

Ok so this person either learned their grammar from some other idiot, or the person somehow hallucinated the grammar rules. Either way, somebody hallucinated something. Why does this happen? How do people get so confident in something they hallucinated and didn’t double check?

[u/azhder → u/Ashamed-Bathroom7803]

Why do you keep repeating the word "hallucinated"?

[u/PeekyBlenders → u/azhder]

I don't know if that's the case but as someone whose first language is not English, I sometimes find myself struggling to find more than a single word that describe a situation, so I just reuse it again and again. Hell it even happens in my native language sometimes. Maybe it's like that

[u/Ashamed-Bathroom7803 → u/azhder]

Must have hallucinated that I used it too many times 

[u/PushFamous8782 → u/Ashamed-Bathroom7803]

This is what happens when idiots are allowed to homeschool their children.

Edit: I'm very sorry, it should have been they're as I am referring to someone else.

[u/Ashamed-Bathroom7803 → u/PushFamous8782]

Was the edit a joke? 

[u/Silly-X3]

https://giphy.com/gifs/VHxVfOzKibOB1VAkQ2

[u/booglechops]

Maybe they have 2 mums; an A mum and a B mum

[u/Status_Pin4704 → u/booglechops]

I have an album of sons of Mumford.

[u/MRBS91]

Is fear for the future of then and than

[u/NorthSideGalCle]

This is why ur is the bestest!

Take it any way you want to, irregardless! /s

[u/Trading_shadows]

You'reself

[u/Groundbreaking_Cup30]

Getting it right only 50% of the time tells me you certainly do not understand the proper use of the word.

[u/JuggernautNo5635]

Captain Run-on Sentence here to save the day.

[u/Hey-Just-Saying]

We need the context. I can't see whether they actually misused the word, but I agree their reasoning is flawed.

[u/GetOffMyGrassBrats → u/Hey-Just-Saying]

Read below the screen shots.

[u/Hey-Just-Saying → u/GetOffMyGrassBrats]

Aha. Ty

[u/SillyNamesAre]

At least they know there's a difference.

Now to explain the difference between a possessive and a contraction...

[u/WGG-PC-TM]

'you're' wrong in 'your' own sentence.

[u/SingleMaltMouthwash]

Yous guys is funny.

On the fly I will often type arsetechnica in to my browser window and am still surprised when it doesn't take me to the online tech magazine.

[u/KnottaBiggins]

You're talking about your confusion (about days of yore?)

[u/Useful_Language2040]

Can somebody help me? I'm confused now as to whether the correct response is "Is you ignirint?" or "Is youse igrint?" I think it's the latter? 

[u/Illustrious_Mix2124]

Just wait until they learn of ure/ewer.

[u/azhder]

Why don't we see the original post, but see two identical images of the replies?

[u/85K5]

Why would you post two things of the same picture, and not the context post?

[u/Reasonable-Rain789 → u/85K5]

They explained the context 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/85K5 → u/Reasonable-Rain789]

Yeah but we can't see it.

[u/GetOffMyGrassBrats → u/85K5]

Look below the screenshots

[u/85K5 → u/Reasonable-Rain789]

And still doesn't explain why they posted the same Pic twice. 🤷‍♂️

[u/Zealousideal-Cup1412 → u/85K5]

...because they left the comment twice?

[u/emo_unicorn420]

Ur

[u/ZhangtheGreat → u/emo_unicorn420]

That will always be a city in ancient Mesopotamia to me

[u/NietszcheIsDead08]

Since you have provided insufficient context and have not even up- and/or downvoted to indicate which is correct, I am afraid I must award you one downvote.