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[Junkomama]

Hello, teachers.
Are the following sentences acceptable?

1 "You should think of things from the other's viewpoint."
2 "You should see things in/from the other person's position."
3 "You should put yourself in the positions of others."

(I mean "You should put yourself in other person's shoes.")

Thank you in advance!
Junkomama

[CP]

To express "You should put yourself in other person's shoes," you can say exactly that -- "You should put yourself in other person's shoes." -- of course. Your sentences:

1 "You should think of things from the other's viewpoint." Not wrong, but I would probably say "from the other person's viewpoint."

2 "You should see things in/from the other person's position." Better would be, "You should try to see things from the other person's perspective."

3 "You should put yourself in the positions of others." Better would be, "You should put yourself in the other person's position."
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[Junkomama]

Thank you very much for your help, CP-san!
I'm glad to learn that my sentences are not natural.

Regards,
Junkomama