Confused Words: you're / your

Commonly Confused Words:  you're / your

You're is a contraction.  It means "you are."
Use you're in your writing only when you can substitute the words "you are."
   Example of you're in a sentence
        
Your is a possessive pronoun, like my, his, her, their, and our.
 It means "belonging to you."
Use your in your writing only when you mean to show ownership.
   Example of your in a sentence