こと & よう

[Sumi]

I have always been extremely confused with こと　&　よう. I mean what exactly do they do?

[hungryhotei]

You might want to give us an example.

[LordOfTheFlies]

Read these:
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/genericnoun.html
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/similar.html

[paul_b]

hungryhotei wrote:
You might want to give us an example.

Pah! Examples are for weaklings.

様 【よう】 (adj-na,n-adv,n,suf) (e.g. の様に の様な) (uk) way; manner; kind; sort; appearance; like; such as; so as to; in order to; so that; (P)
Examples

ように (exp) (1) in order to (e.g., meet goal); so that; take care (so as); (2) hoping or wishing for something; (P)
Examples

[Sumi]

Can someone give me some good examples of how they're used?

[Yudan Taiteki]

こと and よう both have a number of uses -- can you be any more specific about this? If you want an extended explanation of all the uses of both of these, a grammar book is going to be better than someone's post.