 Multiple apostrophes
Hi
I happened to use (something similar to) this sentence recently:
Our cat was caught on camera in our neighbour’s garden’s blackbird’s nest.
I would appreciate some comment on the use of the apostrophe in this instance - particularly "garden's". My understanding of it is as follows: the nest belongs to one blackbird (- or two in which case it would be blackbirds' nest). The "blackbird's nest" is found in, or belongs to, the garden - hence the apostrophe in garden's. Lastly, there is an apostrophe in neighbour's - because it is a garden belonging to one neighbour.
It sounds quite convoluted and just wondered if it could be improved?
I just wondered, how long this can extend? Like...
Our cat was caught on camera in our daughter's friend's neighbour’s garden’s blackbird’s nest.
Does anyone know of any similar grammatically correct sentences, where several consecutive words possess an apostrophe?
Thanks
David
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