Yours and Your's

[JimWhistler]

This is an historical question. Today we write "Yours" which is possessive. I'm studying the 1890s when they apparently wrote "Your's" with what appears to be an unnecessary apostrophe. Was this commonly done 130 years ago, or was it a mistake? I found several people who signed their letters for example: Your's Musically, or Your's Tootingly. Thanks for your help.

 

[GoesStation]

Welcome to the forum. :hi:

People have always made mistakes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Sew rite, shorely?

 

[Tdol]

This is an historical question.

It's the same today- people do that and use it in plurals. Writing apple's is known as the grocer's apostrophe because people see it on market stalls, though others suggest that it should be the grocers' apostrophe.

 

[PeterCW]

It's the same today- people do that and use it in plurals. Writing apple's is know as the grocer's apostrophe because people see it on market stalls, though others suggest that it should be the grocers' apostrophe.

In real life I have only seen this done as a joke after it became such a cliche.

 

[Rover_KE]

There are lots of examples here.

 

[Tdol]

In real life I have only seen this done as a joke after it became such a cliche.

You might be younger than me, but I saw it in markets before it was a grammatical term.