Your is what we say when we imply that something belongs to you. "Now I wanna be your dog." This is one of the simplest words in the English language, and is in a singular AND plural third-person possessive pronoun form. You may ask me "Is this your blog?" or exclaim to my fiance and I, "We're looking forward to your wedding." Sadly, this latter form is giving way to the Midwestern "your guys's" and the Southern variation, "y'all's."
The other spelling, you're, is how we shorten you are. If we wish to say, "You're one to talk," it's never spelled your.
Other examples include "What is it you think you're doing?" and "Is this yours?"
"You're the worst boss I've ever had."
"I've kidnapped your Dunny and I demand the ransom."
"What are your thoughts on The Virgin Suicides?"
"You're the worst phone company I've ever seen."
The other jumbling is its vs. it's.
If you hadn't noticed the pattern of you're and they're, you may by now have guessed how the contraction of "it is" will play out. It's is used with an apostrophe only when shortening "it is" or "it has," and never when a genderless person or object owns something else. "It's gonna be a hot one today." "It's been a hard day's night."
On the other hand, if an inanimate or genderless object is in possession of something, the singular third-person possessive pronoun is its - WITHOUT an apostrophe. "Remember my blue shirt? Its third button fell off." "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
"It's a joke. It's all a joke."
"That snowblower is on its last legs."
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