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- "Ella me considera su hermano…
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Wouldn't "She considers me his brother" also be technically correct? We can't know who "Su" refers to. It can even be "She considers me your brother".
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Not positive, but i think that would be 'a mi' which is dropped because 'me' isn't ambiguous. The verb acts upon 'me' and not 'su hermano.'
http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/107 Looks like the answer is that "consider" is an intransitive verb and only transitive verbs use the personal "a" (for the direct object.) He isn't receiving any action. (Sorry! Techinically...) She's considering. The thoughts her brain manufactures are the (unspoken) direct object and he is merely the indirect object.
Although the link you provided is very useful, it only proves that the verb "consider" IS transitive. Consider what? Consider this. Think it over. Take this into consideration. In the given example, however, the syntax is slightly different. We are dealing with secondary predication here. In simple terms, when we say, "Consider X (to be) Y", we mean "Think that X is Y". As we learn from the Spanish sentence presented by DL, in this structure no personal 'a' should be used. That is the only explanation.
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"Su" could refer to the formal "your" so technically "She considers me your brother" would be correct.