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8:56am on Thursday, 10th December, 2020:

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Whose son is that?
That's Tom's son.
Whose cats are those?
Those are Tom's son's cats.
They're not Pete's son's cats?
No, they're Tom's's.

Whose toy mouse is that?
That's the cats' toy mouse.
Whose tail is that?
That the cats' toy mouse's tail.
It's not the rabbits' toy mouse's tail?
No, it's the cats''.

Is it Pete's son's cats' toy mouse's tail?
No, it's Tom's's''.

You can do some fun things with English punctuation.




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