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===== Importance for disambiguation ===== Each of these four phrases (listed in [[Steven Pinker]]'s ''[[The Language Instinct]]'') has a distinct meaning: *My sister's friend's investment ''(the investment belonging to a friend of my sister)'' *My sister's friends' investment ''(the investment belonging to several friends of my sister)'' *My sisters' friend's investment ''(the investment belonging to a friend of several of my sisters)'' *My sisters' friends' investment ''(the investment belonging to several friends of several of my sisters)'' [[Kingsley Amis]], on being challenged to produce a sentence whose meaning depended on a possessive apostrophe, came up with: *Those things over there are my husband's. (''Those things over there belong to my husband.'') *Those things over there are my husbands'. (''Those things over there belong to several husbands of mine.'') *Those things over there are my husbands. (''I'm married to those men over there.'')<ref>Fynes, Jane. (26 April 2007) [http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21619016-27197,00.html Courier Mail, Little things that matter] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904080438/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21619016-27197,00.html |date=4 September 2012}}. News.com.au. Retrieved on 7 April 2013.</ref>
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