2007-01-09 12:08:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes if the apostraphe (') is used to show ownership
2007-01-09 12:14:16 · answer #1 · answered by UnKnOwN 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People's is a word. It's the possessive form of people, as in the people's choice award. Peoples is also a word, if used correctly.
Peoples
pl. peo·ples A body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life.
2007-01-09 20:16:28 · answer #2 · answered by Beata 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, although it may depend on how strictly you want to define "word". Specifically, "people's" is the possessive form of people, so the "People's Republic of Khazhastan" is legit. I leave it to you to decide whether the posessive form is still "a word", or a variant of a word.
2007-01-09 20:18:43 · answer #3 · answered by JustaThought 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the "s" in this case makes it a possessive word, like the phrase "People's Choice (awards)"
Jane's purse; the dog's bone, Fate's doing.
's makes certain words "possessive."
2007-01-09 20:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Possessive form of "people"--belonging to people. It is no more and no less than a word.
2007-01-09 20:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if the apostraphe (') is used to show ownership, it is a word.
2007-01-09 20:15:32 · answer #6 · answered by Luke Vader 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋