Word Choice Your vs. Youre - Writing Tips with Proofed

Word Choice Your vs. Youre - Writing Tips with Proofed Word Choice: Your vs. Youre The words â€Å"your† and â€Å"you’re† are so commonly confused (especially online) that it has inspired memes. And in the face of memes, it would be easy to give up, leave social media behind, and accept that good spelling and grammar have no place in our crazy, modern world. But no! We are proofreaders. Correcting spelling and grammar is what we do! So even if we are destined to drown under wave after wave of typos, we will stand, like Cnut, and resist the tide. People need to respect grammar, Derek. I dont care if my feet get wet. All of which is an overly dramatic way of saying that, today, we’re looking at â€Å"your† and â€Å"you’re.† Your (Possessive Pronoun) â€Å"Your† is a second-person possessive adjective. We use it when something belongs to a â€Å"you†: Your dog is chewing my boot. Here, â€Å"Your† shows that the dog belongs to the person we’re speaking to. Other possessive adjectives include â€Å"my,† â€Å"our,† â€Å"his,† â€Å"her,† and â€Å"their.† She got frustrated when they didnt fit her.(Photo: gomagoti/flickr) You’re (Short for â€Å"You Are†) The term â€Å"you’re† is actually a contraction of two words: â€Å"you† and â€Å"are.† It would be used in a sentence as follows: You’re wearing tasty boots. = You are wearing tasty boots. The apostrophe in this term shows us there are letters missing. Keep in mind that contractions should not be used in formal writing (e.g., a college paper). To ensure a formal tone, write â€Å"you are† instead. Your or You’re Despite looking similar on paper, these terms have very different uses. On the plus side, this makes it easier to tell the difference. If you’re not sure which term to use in a sentence, though, see how it sounds with â€Å"you are† in it. We can illustrate this with the example used for â€Å"your† above: You are dog is chewing my boot. This is very obviously wrong, so we know it should be â€Å"your† instead. Remember: Your = A second-person possessive adjective You’re = Short for â€Å"you are†

French Pronunciation of the Double L

French Pronunciation of the Double L In French, the double L is sometimes pronounced like an L  and other times like a Y. How do you know when to pronounce it each way? This lesson explains the general rules and the inevitable exceptions. Rules for Pronouncing LL As a general rule, the double L after A, E, O, U, and Y is pronounced like an L: une balle, elle, mollement, une idylle, etc. If there are exceptions to this, Ive never found them. In words with I followed by LL, the rules are a bit more complicated. The double L is always pronounced like a Y in letter combinations with vowel ILL: aill (e.g., taille)eill (oreille)euill (feuille)Å“ill (Å“illet)ouill (grenouille)ueill (cueillir)uill (juillet) And LL is pronounced like a Y in words such as fille, la Bastille, Millau, and chantilly. However, there  are also many words in which the double L is pronounced like an L (follow links to hear the words pronounced). This is the complete list: un bacille  - germ, bacillusbillevesà ©es - nonsenseun billion - trillioncapillaire - capillaryun codicille - codicildistiller - to distillune fibrille - small fiber (fibrillaire, fibrillation)*un krill - krillLille - town in northern Francelilliputien - Liliputianmille - thousand (un millà ©nium, millier, etc.)un mille - mile (le millage)milli- (prefix)un milliard - billion (un milliardaire, le milliardià ¨me, etc.)un million - million (un millionaire, le millionià ¨me, etc.)osciller - to oscillate, swingun/e pupille* - ward of the stateune pupille* - pupilune scille - scillaune spongille - spongillatranquille - calm, tranquilun verticille - verticilun vexille - vexillumune ville - town (une villa, un village, etc.)une zorille - zorilla The (parentheses) indicate derivations which are also pronounced like an L. *These words may be pronounced either way.