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Rule "you/your (you're)"

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Description: you/your (you're)
Message: Did you mean you're (short for 'you are')?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/your-vs-youre/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Please say hello once your available for chat.
    Correction suggestion: you're
  • Let me know if your okay with this.
    Correction suggestion: you're
  • If your free for lunch sometime this week let me know.
    Correction suggestion: you're
  • Just thought I'd drop a line and see if your up for beers sometime this weekend.
    Correction suggestion: you're
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I will serve as your representative in the year end 2000 Associates PRC Meeting.
  • Please let me know if your understanding of the questions to be addressed differs from the foregoing.
  • You cannot have competition being viable when your base of potential customers is so small.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: YOUR_YOU_2 [13]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-24 22:33:07 +0200)