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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Apostrophe

Should there be an apostrophe in the words Finders Keepers as in relationship to the game with that name?
  

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Hi, Should there be an apostrophe in the words Finders Keepers as in relationship to the game with that name? No. The phrase does not mean 'keepers that belong to finders'.

  • Hi, Should there be an apostrophe in the words Finders Keepers as in relationship to the game with that name?
  • No.
  • The phrase does not mean 'keepers that belong to finders'.
  • Broadly speaking, it means 'finders are keepers' (ie the people who find are the people who keep), so use a comma, ie ''Finders, keepers'.
  • I don't know about any game with this name.
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Hi,

Should there be an apostrophe in the words Finders Keepers as in relationship to the game with that name?

No. The phrase does not mean 'keepers that belong to finders'.

Broadly speaking, it means 'finders are keepers' (ie the people who find are the people who keep), so use a comma, ie ''Finders, keepers'.



I don't know about any game with this n
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No. Finders (are) keepers, (and) losers (are) weepers.

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