Recently, I read a tip that suggested reading text out loud to check for errors. While there's merit to that advice, this method has its shortcomings. "Your" sounds like "you're." "To" sounds like "too." And "they're," "there" and "their" all sound the same.
Please, if you're going to do this to your text, think about the meaning too. Look! They're reading their text over there.
As a side note, whenever an apostrophe is present in a word like "you're" or "they're," it's taking the place of a missing letter. Think of it as a stand-in for a star letter that got sick before the show and could not make an appearance in the word.
'Tis a very good lesson. :)
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