The true dative is used to designate the person more remotely concerned. It is the case of personal interest, pointing out the person to or for whom something is done. This is not to say that the dative cannot relate to things, for there are numerous examples of this. When it does so, it has a referring force. In general, when the dative is used of persons, it speaks about the one(s) concerned about (or affected by) the action; when it is used of things, it addresses the framework in which an act
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