"Evitar el ____" or "Evitar al ____" ?
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Is it evitar a (noun) or just evitar (noun) ?
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updated Jun 20, 2011
posted by jdnismo
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It is not on this list of verbs that use "a" before an object.
I don't see the "a" being used in the dictionary examples.
podría haberse evitado esta catástrofe -> this disaster could have been avoided o prevented
no "a" before esta catástrofe
updated Jun 20, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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It depends on what noun is and the context.
Meaning "to avoid":
Evitar la tentación [D.O]
Evitar a los que hablan de política [D.O. with personal 'a']
Meaning "to save"
Evitarle a alguien [I.O] problemas [D.O.] = To save someone problems
updated Jun 20, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
Why no le in the last example? Or is that a d.o. with an object complement; the a being a personal "a"??? - 0074b507, Jun 20, 2011
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm... object complements (nouns or adjectives) - 0074b507, Jun 20, 2011
