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You’re vs Your vs Yore: Here’s the Difference in Meaning with Sentence Examples

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The difference between you’re, your, and yore is easy to remember.

You’re is the contraction of you are; the apostrophe stands for the missing letter a; thus, you can insert the words you are in place of you’re in the following sentences without affecting the meaning:

You’re my best friend

You’re late to the meeting again!

Your is the possessive form of you, ending in r—just like her, our, and their:

Please take your shoes off before coming into my house.

For the trip, you will need your passport.

Yore is an archaic noun meaning “old times”—the long-ago past, the time of legends, before the modern era—usually the classical or medieval eras, but possibly earlier. As an archaic word, yore is used in only one way to mean “of yore”:

Cities of yore were usually surrounded by high walls.

In days of yore, life was cheap.

Note, yore usually does not mean earlier than the beginning of civilization (approximately 5,000 years ago).

More Examples of “You’re” in a Sentence

  1. While you’re at it, you may want to pick up a Powerball ticket.
  2. You’re going to be on a rollercoaster for the next four, five years.
  3. When you swim at the beach, you’re within 60 feet of a shark.
  4. Well, you’re about to be reminded of that fact on a weekly basis.
  5. You’re dealing with people who lived in a place for hundreds of years.

More Examples of “Your” in a Sentence

  1. The food market, while it shares that trait that everybody’s in it, it is not a market in which your participation is often unpredictable and often involuntary”.
  2. Thank you for your patience.
  3. Parents, establish the account in your child’s name for his or her benefit.
  4. Also, don’t forget to thank your dog for his or her unconditional love.
  5. My apologies for our players not being able to attend your Spring game.

More Examples of “Yore” in a Sentence

  1. But for the most part, it looks and feels like models of yore.
  2. It’s infectious to be around someone so devoted to the Technicolor movies of yore.
  3. The interior was rebuilt but not to anywhere near its elegant days of yore.
  4. Symphony orchestras nowadays have to be more versatile than in days of yore.
  5. Davy Jones is a popular character in sailor’s yore, especially of the gothic fictional variety.