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Old March 25, 2011, 01:07 PM
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For us it's rather obvious that one person uses one's own feet, eyes, hands, etc., no one else's, so "abro mis ojos", "levanta tus manos", and similar expressions are considered pleonasms.

You can take a look here for some more explanations: http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=5985
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