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Old February 02, 2013, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Rusty View Post
However, when not used as a prepositional object, it is proper to use 'que' for both a thing and a person.
I hear what you say, but is there an overlap where que and quien are equally valid? If not, then why these (or is the punctuation the key, where there is a distance between the quien and its antecedent?)

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- El alumno, quien acaba de llegar, estudia esperanto.

- El amigo que llega mañana es árabe.

Last edited by Rusty; February 18, 2013 at 05:25 PM. Reason: fixed quotes
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