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Old April 22, 2011, 05:35 PM
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Question The use of the personal "a"
I'm reading an article that uses the following sample sentence and attached note:
Busco un secretario que sepa francés.
(no personal a: it's not a definite person)

Huh? I thought that any reference to a person or to a personal pet required a personal "a" except for with certain verbs like "tener". ??

So is my understanding wrong? Or is the author of the article wrong? Or is there an exception somewhere that I missed...?

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