- Where does the apostrophe go on people’s?
- Can we say peoples or people’s?
- Is people’s correct grammar?
Where does the apostrophe go on people’s?
Put the apostrophe after the last letter. The last letter is “e.” So: people’s.
Can we say peoples or people’s?
The formation of the possessive is regular, the singular is people’s and the plural is peoples ‘. At one time, some usage guides maintained that people could not be preceded by a number, as in Fewer than 30 people showed up. This use is now unquestionably standard in all contexts.
Is people’s correct grammar?
Although both people and peoples are grammatically correct, they cannot be used interchangeably because they have different meanings. Here, people (singular) means a group of human beings belonging to a particular race/ethnicity. The plural of such groups is calledpeoples. People’s is correct.