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Because there is more than one person involved, people often mistakenly treat it as a plural pronoun . They put an apostrophe after the s, so that it looks like this: each others’. This is quite logical. The possessive form in English is formed by adding ’s at the end of a noun, unless it is a plural noun, in which case we write just an apostrophe, e.g. “these teachers’ books” (not “these teachers’s books”). This rules out each others, as the possessive apostrophe must be there. Even though “each other” is a singular phrase, we use it to talk about two people. It’s possible only to use “other’s” in this case.

Remember, we use the ‘s when we need a possessive. In the examples above the “work” and the opinions are “owned” by the people. However, not all style guides agree on this. The plural noun is much more common, but some style guides may require you to write the noun in the singular form.

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While “others’” isn’t a common choice, it’s still correct. Perhaps these examples will help you with it: Struggled to make much impact in opening quarter but started to show a bit before interval. Subbed.

Other’s and others’ are the possessive forms of “other.” We use other’s for singular possessive form (singular meaning one). A common question people have is the possessive form of “other.” Should we use other’s, others or others’. Which one is correct? The plural form just shows that there are multiple instances of “other.” We don’t talk about any possessions or objects; we just list the “others” that we know and are talking about. You will most likely not use “other’s” as a possessive form unless you’re talking about “each other” or “one and the other.” Usually, we talk about a pair of people, in which case “other” is still used in the singular form, hence the possessive being “other’s.” Other’s” doesn’t see much common usage. In fact, it’s rare to see it used in any case in English besides with “each other,” where we group two or more people together. Still, it’s handy to understand how it works and how to use it. Others’

When you see the word “each” the word that follows needs to be singular. Therefore, you can’t ever write each others.’ Others’ dogs” sounds a little strange so we often say “other peoples’ dogs” as that is easier to say Others Some scientists think we should reduce the number of flights to prevent global warming; others disagree.