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Old June 03, 2022, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyrn View Post
Funny thing. Up to this moment I used to think that the personal a is required for any living creature. Based on usage.
The opposite happens occasionally, too: when both the subject and the direct object are non-living things, it's common to use "personal a" to identify which one is the direct object, particularly when either one is equally capable of doing the action of the verb on the other one.
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