your(s)
1.your有时泛用作“大家知道的”解,往往含有轻视或讽刺的意思。例如:He used to be one of your 'modern' gentlemen.
2.yours有时指“你的家里的人们”(用在you and yours中),有时指“你的全部财产”,在信函里往往指“你的来信”或“你的定单”,是商业信函用语。
3.在信函的信尾客套语里,在美国往往只用Sincerely,Cordially等词而不用Yours或yours。就语法讲,Yours sincerely,Sincerely yours等表达方式里的sincerely,Sincerely等修饰Yours或yours。
4.有些人把yours单独用作信尾客套语,有人以为不正当。
5.Yours sincerely,Very truly yours等表达方式的第一个单词通常用大写字母开首,但也有人用小写字母开首,第二个单词和第三个单词用小写字母开首。
6.下面各句里的斜体部分不可改作your,用you是英美人常有的错误:
- Each of you has done his(或her,或his or her)best.
- Neither of you has failed to do his(或her,或his or her)best.
- Every one of you has done his(或her,或his or her)best.
- Some of you have done their best.
- Many of you have done their best.
- None of you have failed to do their best.