English use question: Others' vs Others

[joefirth]

Hi everyone

im currently writing an essay for my university coursework. in the essay, im discussing other peoples beliefs, and i was wondering about the use of a ' in the word "others"

basically, my sentence is

..."knowing others' beliefs helps us...."

but should i get rid of the ' and just put

"knowing others beliefs helps us..."

im talking about beliefs that belong to other people, so i thought a ' was necessary...

Thanks!

[billmcd]

Hi everyone

im currently writing an essay for my university coursework. in the essay, im discussing other peoples beliefs, and i was wondering about the use of a ' in the word "others"

basically, my sentence is

..."knowing others' beliefs helps us...."

but should i get rid of the ' and just put

"knowing others beliefs helps us..."

im talking about beliefs that belong to other people, so i thought a ' was necessary...

Thanks!

Use of the apostrophe is correct.

[joefirth]

thanks thats a great help

[5jj]

Many learners come to this forum for models of good English. Please try to use standard capitalisation and punctuation. Thank you.

i I'm currently writing an essay for my university coursework. i In the essay, iI'm discussing other people's beliefs, and i I was wondering about the use of a ' in the word "others".

[Rover_KE]

Also

Thanks. That's a great help.