November 01, 2009, 01:14 AM
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Diamond
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Valencia, España
Posts: 2,600
Native Language: Inglés (en-gb)
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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar
The reason why we don't use possessive pronouns in those cases is because we consider it a pleonasm. If we want a person open his/her eyes, we assume that person can't open someone else's eyes. Same for things like washing someone's hands, having a body part aching, etc.
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Pero sí que dirías a tu esposo "Lávale las manos al bebé", ¿no? Así que es un poco más complicado.
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