You vs. Yours — What's the Difference?

In Modern English, you is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers.

That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing

That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.

Used to refer to any person in general

Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

See the Note under Your.

(To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)

(subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)

(subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)

(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).

The individual or group spoken or written to.

Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye.