If one was to use "your" in a sentence where they should have used "you're", is that a spelling or grammar error?
If one was to use "your" in a sentence where they should have used "you're", is that a spelling or grammar error?
Yes?
Hell yes!
(By today's standards, I'm an expert in the dead language of "English." I can spell without a spellchecker and everything.)
Edit: To be more specific, I'd call it a spelling error...if it's not a spelling error, it's not so much a grammar error as choosing the wrong word (in place of two).
homophone error?
Oh, and in your thread title, it should be "Nazis", not "Nazi's".
Incorrect spelling in a thread about incorrect spelling FTL.
What we have here is a failure to communicate.
"your" is an adjective meaning "relating or belonging to you"
"you're" is a contraction of the words "you are"
I'd call it a spelling error, since the meanings are quite different.
madmallard wrote: homophone error?
Perfect!
madmallard wrote: homophone error?
Oh, there you go! Throwing the H-word around again! 
I'd say grammar. The word (or in this case, contraction) is spelled correctly. It is used in the wrong context.
What if you were trying to type you're and accidentally type your. Then it's a misspelling!
DrBoost wrote: I'd say grammar. The word (or in this case, contraction) is spelled correctly. It is used in the wrong context.
That is my thinking as well, but I'm certainly not an authority on either.
EvanR wrote: Oh, and in your thread title, it should be "Nazis", not "Nazi's". Incorrect spelling in a thread about incorrect spelling FTL.
Bait FTW!!
1988RedT2 wrote: I'd call it a spelling error, since the meanings are quite different.
Which is, ironically, exactly why I would call it a grammar error and not a spelling error. Neither word is spelled incorrectly; he's just using the wrong word in the sentence.
bravenrace wrote:DrBoost wrote: I'd say grammar. The word (or in this case, contraction) is spelled correctly. It is used in the wrong context.That is my thinking as well, but I'm certainly not an authority on either.
So if they used the proper apostrophe, but spelled it wrong, yo're, that would be a simple spelling error, right?
bravenrace wrote: If one was to use "your" in a sentence where they should have used "you're", is that a spelling or grammar error?
It depends what the intent was. If you intended "you are", it's a spelling error. If not, it's a grammar error.
That's the way's I's see's it anyhow's.
foxtrapper wrote: So if they used the proper apostrophe, but spelled it wrong, yo're, that would be a simple spelling error, right?
FTFY.
Spelling error, Grammar error; irregardless you did it wrong.
nocones wrote: Spelling error, Grammar error; irregardless you did it wrong.
I see what you did there.
Are we going to talk about its vs it's? That should be a good time...
Shouldn't it be "NAZI" or more properly "National Socialist German Workers' Party?" Never forget "Socialist." It's for the children.
DrBoost wrote: I'd say grammar. The word (or in this case, contraction) is spelled correctly. It is used in the wrong context.
I concur.
I would like to discuss the death of the adverb. Seems like more and more language has evolved so that adverbs are no longer used. TV commercials have this type of error all the time. Think Different? Think differently! I think it started in the 80's when being awesome became a thing.
Usage error. It's spelled correctly, but it's the wrong word
Duke wrote:foxtrapper wrote: So if they used the proper apostrophe, but spelled it wrong, yo're, that would be a simple spelling error, right?FTFY.
Chuckle. Yea, I just saw that mistake.
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.
A lot of people say grammar when they really mean syntax.
I'd argue that it is a spelling mistake. The mistake only occurs in written English, and spoken language is certainly governed by grammar rules. So spelling is the difference between written and spoken English, and therefore the mistake is spelling. Unless you are using the word wrong.
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