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Old 06-Dec-2006, 10:59
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Default Re: Multiple apostrophes

You could rewrite it like this:
Our cat was caught on camera in the blackbird's nest in our neighbour’s garden.

You could keep going virtually endlessly with the apostrophes, though the poor listener would soon lose the plot.
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