Should i say the world's best or the worlds' best?

Question

As in the world's best ever gymnast

or

the worlds' best ever gymnast

which is correct please

Answer 1

First one

The second would imply many worlds

Answer 2

It should be "world's best gymnast" since there is only one world. The phrase "worlds'  best gymnast " would indicate that there were more than one world because the apostrophe is after the s.

Answer 3

World's Best.  Unless you know of people on other worlds?

Answer 4

The first is correct. "The world's best". The second choice would indicate more than one world.

Answer 5

rolling eye is correct

couldn't have explained it better

Answer 6

depends if the subject is the best only in this world, or all of them.

THe latter would be quite an outrageous claim, being as we know nothing of possible life on other planets, or its abilities.

Answer 7

world's best as it it is singular and there is only one world. You put the apostrophe after the s if you were talking about 'the womens' clothes' for examaple because women is plural.  

Answer 8

world's best

because there's only one world

Answer 9

World's

Answer 10

world's

because it's 'of the world'

worlds' implies more than one world, unless your gymnast is an intergalactic star!

Answer 11

Hmm. That's a toughie.

I have always said world's best, because I think it's only worlds' when there is more than one world involved. Since we are talking about the best gymnast in our world, it is just the world's best.

Answer 12

There is only one world to which you are referring, therefore it must be 'the world's best-ever gymnast' (note also the hyphen, joining to individual words to make a single adjective, describing the gymnast).

Answer 13

No English expert, but would go with world's best, because your only talking about one world.

Answer 14

world's best (there is only one world)

worlds' would be plural.  

Answer 15

World's best - unless you're talking about two worlds or more.

Answer 16

The first option I would think..

Has the punctuation and spelling monster been correcting you.?

Answer 17

neither you should say best in the world then theres no need for all that punctuation!!!

c ya tell me if it helps

Answer 18

world's best