Common spelling mistakes in English: your versus you're.
You may recognise that a minor spelling mistake in an e-mail can quickly influence your perception of the sender. In business e-mail communication, you obviously want to appear professional, but a small mistake can quickly slip into your message.
However, you can avoid spelling mistakes if you pay extra attention to them.
We have listed a number of common spelling mistakes. If you become aware of these mistakes, you will be one step closer to professionalising your business English.
Your versus you're
Should you write your or you're? As these words are spelled so simularly, it can be very confusing and mistakes are often made.
Grammatically, however, they have completely different meanings:
- Your is a possessive pronoun.
- You're is a contraction of 'you are'.
Example
- Incorrect: *Your welcome.
Correct: You’re welcome. - Incorrect: *Thanks for you’re email.
Correct: Thanks for your email.
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