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Old August 25, 2017, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Rusty View Post
I agree with wrholt.

It appears that the author of the sentence and the lawyer seated earlier were both colocaron en la misma mesa, so both would be objects. And if the object is a person, the "personal 'a'" is pressed into service.

That is the case.

Definition 1 in DRAE,

a2
Del lat. ad.
1. prep. Precede al complemento directo cuando este es de persona determinada o está de algún modo personificado. Respeta a los ancianos. Acabamos de vacunar al perro.

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