Len,
"There is a driveway between every pair of adjacent houses"?
"All adjacent houses are separated by driveways"?
"Each pair of adjacent hosues is separated by a driveway"?
Why get married to the construction? As to McDonald's, consider this: most of the time we'd be tempted to use the possessive with a corporation, it would be to say "I love the burgers McDonald's makes". If it was automobiles, we'd say "I love Chevrolet Corvettes", not "I love Chevrolet's Corvettes"
Therefore, "I love McDonald's burgers" is grammatically correct and not really a possessive at all. If you absolutely have to have a possessive, sidestep as follows:
"I really admire the McDonald's Corporation's policy of anaesthetizing their cows before slaughtering them."
Do I have too much time on my hands?
(robt)
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