quería ser algiuen distinto (is this correct)?

Question

would you say

Quería ser algiuen distinto- diferente

and would you use a personal a like

quería ser A algiuen ....?

?what I want to say is "he wanted to be someone diferent (from the rest)"

dew, correct your post for spelling and caps, please. - 00494d19, Apr 29, 2011

Answer 1

would you use a personal a like

quería ser A algiuen ....?

clipped from article

With certain pronouns: This is really more of a clarification rather than an exception. When used as direct objects, the pronouns alguien (somebody), nadie (nobody) and quién (whom) require the personal a. So do alguno (some) and ninguno (none) when referring to people. No veo a nadie, I don't see anyone. Quiero golpear la pared, I want to hit the wall. Quiero golpear a alguien, I want to hit somebody. ¿A quién pertenece esta silla? Whose chair is this? ¿Taxis? No vi ningunos. Taxis? I didn't see any. ¿Taxistas? No vi a ningunos. Taxi drivers? I didn't see any.

The question is is alguine a direct object in that sentence? I asked the same question earlied in a thread about Lo es. Is what follows a linking verb a direct object?

Answer 2

Dew, please correct your post, thanks.