Apostrophy

the apostrophe should be here (each other's).

each other in a collective pronoun, representing both the pupils and the teachers, therefore the 'contributions' of the 'pupils and teachers' is their possession. Saxon Genetive rule.

I'm confused by this - allow me to elaborate:

Each other's contributions: this to me says "the contributions beloning to each other", but "each other" appears to be singular. When we imply possession by a plural ending in "s", don't we put the apostrophe after the "s"? i.e. Each others' contributions.

It can be assumed to be plural because "each other" refers to at least one o

"Each other" is not 'plural' as such and does not take an 's'. To test this, you can write out the sentence in its expanded form;

"The teachers and students discuss the contributions of each other."

You would not write;

"The teachers and students discuss the contributions of each others."

By definition, 'each other' must be singular - look u

0I think it is " each others' ". I agree that the posession of the contributions requires the posessive use of the apostrophy. 0-

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