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We can use `の` as a substitute in successive sentences for something we've
already mentioned so that we don't need to keep saying what it is:

>   * どのTシャツが好き？ → 赤い **の** が好き。
>

Then there is the possessive/associative の:

>   * 家の屋根、空の鳥、etc.
>

I was telling my friend about a new wallet I bought. By implication (or
obviousness), it means the wallet I had before is now the "old wallet". So I
wanted to talk about the contents of the old wallet. Can I use these two `の`s
consecutively to describe them, like:

>   * 古いの の 中身
>

Is this grammatical? Used? Or would it be better to just say
`古い｛財布・もの・やつ｝の中身`?
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Can two consecutive の particles be used in the following way?
The first の is the _pronoun_ の.  
The second の is the _genitive_ の.

There are two possible sequences of these two のs:

>   1. _genitive + pronoun:_ この本は花子の ~~の~~ だ。 "This book is Hanako's."
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>   2. _pronoun + genitive:_ 赤いのの表紙 "the cover of the red one"
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In the former, the sequence of two のs is ungrammatical; you have to delete one
of them.  
In the latter, the sequence of two のs is okay.

(Examples adapted from [a draft version of Hiraiwa's _Constraining
Doubling_](http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/%7Ehiraiwa/PDF/Hiraiwa_Identity_Draft09292012.pdf),
although there are a number of publications on this subject--see the
references section of the linked paper for further discussion.)
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