[quote=@Darcs]It isn't laziness, it's people realizing conflating the two words is convenient and the next step of evolution for the word-- you can understand what is being said based on the context of the sentence.[/quote] Neglecting to correctly distinguish between 'you're' and 'your' is not linguistic evolution, it is laziness and/or ignorance that denigrates clarity of meaning. Punctuation, and grammar in general, is the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit. In your case, and Depressed's case, it's definitely the contraction. You're likely just a troll: [@Depressed] is the actual offender. if ud rly prfr ppl tlk lk ths thn fn, your fre t spk how u lk—but your speaking that way does not change the rules of the English language, and your freedom to speak however you like is attached to your freedom to be objectively wrong.