[Capriole]

This was not written by a 6-year old. Regardless of the motivation, it sucks. "you're" is an error committed only by illiterate adults. Give me a break!

It probably wasn't written by a six-year-old, and nobody is really supposed to believe that it was. But it's not immediately clear why you think that this rather humorous piece "sucks." I find it rather clever.

FYI, my nine-year-old routinely writes "you're" instead of "your", and vice versa. So apparently it's not only illiterate adults who confuse the two words.

[mvpel]

Maybe just public school victims?

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[Mr. Mojo]

I find it rather clever

What about it do you find clever?

[Publius6961]

FYI, my nine-year-old routinely writes "you're" instead of "your", and vice versa. So apparently it's not only illiterate adults who confuse the two words.

I stand by my statement.
First graders aren't exposed to contractions. By the time he is 15 (assuming he is conscientious about learning) he will not make this error, and he is even then only approaching adulthood.
I did not mean to imply that children who make that error are illiterate, but anyone over 21 who does certainly is.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Wonder where today's 6 year olds learn to confuse there you're with they're your-it never happened their in days of yore?????

THey're dumbing down our kids as an excuse for import foriegners to fill the jobs we pay a fortune to the NEA membership to qualify our own children for.

We are being had!