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Youssefdir Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"each other" or "each others"

Hello,
If I'm speaking to 3 or more persons, I say: "You need to look out of each others" or "... other"?
  

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Did you mean " You need to look out for each other "?

  • Did you mean " You need to look out for each other "?
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Did you mean "You need to look out for each other"?
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To negotiate a fair contract, you need to look at the situation from each others' point of view.
You need to look into each others' eyes.

We all need to appreciate each other more. (There can be more than one person.)
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AlpheccaStarsyou need to look at the situation from each others' point of view.
Is each others' legit? I don't recall seeing it, but it could be right I suppose.

each man / each man's point of view / ?each mans' point of view?
each other person / each other person's point of view / ?each other persons' point of view?
each other / each
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I'd go for each other's. Other is singular, as the each before it confirms.
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fivejedjonI'd go for each other's.
So there isn't any use for each others' ? It almost seems like it should be possible somewhere, somehow.
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There are about 500 citations in the American Corpus. About half use the possessive plural (each others') and half use the plural noun (each others) as a determiner. The possessive form seemed more legit to me.
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AlpheccaStarsThere are about 500 citations in the American Corpus.
Thanks. I'll have to investigate further some day. I'm not sure I'm using these correctly myself. I would never have considered "each others" at all.

CJ

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