people's vs people'

Both "people's" and "people'" are not correct constructions in English. The possessive form of "people" should always include the apostrophe-s ('s) to indicate possession.

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people's

This is the correct possessive form of the noun "people."

Use "people's" when indicating possession by a group of individuals.

Examples:

The people's choice
The people's voices were heard.
The people's rights
The people's opinions matter.
The people's happiness

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Those are another people's problem.
This scandal would destroy the American people's faith in their government.
The Bio-Monitor also checks people's blood pressure.
Monitoring Keylogger is indispensable in people's daily life.
This history should reflect all people's experiences.
Populist parties exploit and profit from people's problems.
Television provides people's needs through broadcasting advertisements.
Technologies that identify people's faces based on online images.
It was a lot of people's idea.
It could be dangerous to tamper with these people's taboos.
By looking at facial blood flow changes, we can reveal people's hidden emotions.
Under the upholstery in other people's cars.
It oscillates between a people's democracy... and a bureaucracy's dictatorship.
The activity seeks to generate interaction between people's experiences and policy makers, and encourage a path towards a policy landscape that helps people's solutions and innovations to thrive.
Logging other people's keystrokes or breaking into other people's computer without their permission can be considered as an illegal activity by the courts of many countries.
The future will be beyond most people's expectations as the changes will completely change society beyond recognition, into one that is integrated and able to meet and support all people's needs.
While others live in people's bodies.
Apple wanted to change people's relationship with computers.
You like shattering people's hopes.
The City Council condemned those people's neighborhood.

people'

This is not a correct form in English. The possessive form of "people" should always include the apostrophe-s ('s).

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I take it your journey among the 'little people' was educational.
I will now use a tremendous cliché truism - 'our greatest resource in the European Union is our people'.
Finally, it should be mentioned that the Commission administers a number of programmes - such as the programme 'Investing in people' - which are used to give technical and other assistance to anti-trafficking projects in, for example, Africa.
Winston Churchill said, 'Trust the people'.
The process of European integration is driven by a small political class and is certainly not 'the result of a free decision by the people'.
Something must be done, though, because, if not, the topical line of 'Investing in people' will in fact be an empty shell.
With heads held high, the East Germans said 'We are the people' and then, a few weeks later, 'We are one people'.
I feel guilty around military people 'cause I never enlisted.
Midgets don't like being called 'little people'.
Look, I only robbed those people 'cause I needed the money.
You should not be saying 'I kill people' that easily.
Mr Méndez de Vigo replied that the concept of 'people' was outdated.
The majority of 'internally displaced people' are being left to their fate, without proper accommodation, food or medical and health care.
You can't even hear other people 'cause your laugh is so loud.
She kept me away from other people 'cause she knew they wouldn't understand.
You've seen me a hundred times, but you don't notice the little people 'cause you're too busy lounging with captain moneybags here.
But you're not 'other people' and Carson brought me up.
In almost every culture around the globe, there are references to 'little people'.
'It's difficult to explain that to people 'who've been living under these conditions for five years.
I feel like 'those people' you're talking about.

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