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Rule "you/your (you're)"

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Description: you/your (you're)
Message: Did you mean your?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/your-vs-youre/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • You information was helpful.
    Correction suggestion: Your
  • You new coat is dirty.
    Correction suggestion: Your
  • You comments are welcome.
    Correction suggestion: Your
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • You better be careful.
  • You sir are a gentleman and a scholar.
  • You people do good work.
  • You love doing that, don't you?
  • You make doing that look easy.
  • You better do that.
  • You Carl are the best!
  • You Australians have nothing in common with us.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: YOUR_YOU_2 [7]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)