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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Possessive of people's
Almost always the possessive is written people's since it is a collective noun. My question is, are there cases where peoples' is correct? I.e., Children, please don't use other peoples' pencils. Since in this case, peoples refer to individuals. Thanks for your wisdom! ?
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In the sense of "nation" or "race", the word people can have a plural peoples . If used with that meaning, peoples ' is possible, albeit rather unusual, I would think. In the everyday sense, including in your example, people is already a plural, so there is no peoples and hence no peoples' either.
- In the sense of "nation" or "race", the word people can have a plural peoples .
- If used with that meaning, peoples ' is possible, albeit rather unusual, I would think.
- In the everyday sense, including in your example, people is already a plural, so there is no peoples and hence no peoples' either.
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In the sense of "nation" or "race", the word people can have a plural peoples. If used with that meaning, peoples' is possible, albeit rather unusual, I would think. In the everyday sense, including in your example, people is already a plural, so there is no peoples and hence no peoples' either.
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