Why do so many people confuse "your" and "you're"

HSN
Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:07:47 +0000

I personally hate it when people are lazy about “your” and “you’re” and others like it. But I predict that these distinctions will soon become obsolete. What is accepted online will very soon be accepted other places. When I was younger “normalcy” was not a word and I was taught that it was ignorant to say normalcy, that “normality” was the correct word. Well, so few people got that memo that it now has become accepted to say normalcy, in fact I’m pretty sure it’s an official dictionary word. Somehow, I do find the whole thing annoying, but it’s how language and grammatical rules evolve.