Your vs. Our: What's the Difference?
Your and Our Definitions
Your
Used as a modifier before a noun
Your boots.
Your accomplishments.
Our
Used as a modifier before a noun
Our accomplishments.
Our hometown.
Your
A person's; one's
The light switch is on your right.
Our
Belonging to us.
Your
(Informal) Used with little or no sense of possession to indicate a type familiar to the listener
Your basic three-story frame house.
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Our
Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker.
Your
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
Is this your cat?
Our
Used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend.
I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
Your
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
Our
Misspelling of are
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Your
A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
Your Show of Shows
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Not Your Average Travel Guide
Our
Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.
The Lord is our defense.
Our wills are ours, we know not how.
Your
(Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
Your man just bought a new car.
Have you seen what your one over there is doing?
Your
The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.
