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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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Yep, we've been through this before. The genitive covers more than just possession, despite the modern tendency to call it the possessive. You might say, for example, my brother's parole officer. Doesn't mean you brother owns the parole officer.
As to questions about a friend of my sister's, ask yourself this: Would you say a friend of me or a friend of mine.
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