[Grammar] Which is Correct: cheater's/cheaters/cheaters'?

[ileriszn]

Cheater's prayer
Cheaters prayer
Cheaters' prayer

Which of the above is most suitable as the title of a series of short prose.

 

[Tdol]

Re: Which is Correct?

How about A cheat's prayer?

 

[Rover_KE]

Welcome to the forum, ileriszn.

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[ileriszn]

Re: Which is Correct?

How about A cheat's prayer?

Thanks for your suggestion but I really want an answer from those options please.

 

[emsr2d2]

Well, it all depends on whether you want it to refer to one cheater or multiple cheaters. As Tdol indicated, we usually use the word "cheat" as both the verb and the noun.

 

[GoesStation]

Well, it all depends on whether you want it to refer to one cheater or multiple cheaters. As Tdol indicated, we usually use the word "cheat" as both the verb and the noun.

"Cheater" is common in American English. Option one or three work, depending on whether there's a single cheater or more.