Elle rappelle Lady Gaga à elles. - why is this wrong?

Question

The lesson says 'Elle rappelle Lady Gaga à elles.' is wrong, yet it follows the same structure as ' il rappelle son ex a Maria'. Is this something to do with 'elles'? is it just grammatically inelegant?

Cécile Janty-Davies · Accepted Answer

Hi Chris, 
In the sentence you suggest 
à elles would be  replaced by 'leur' which then precedes rappelle.
You could say

Elle rappelle Lady Gaga à Marie = She reminds Marie of Lady Gaga
Elle rappelle Lady Gaga aux enfants = She reminds the children of L G
Elle rappelle Lady Gaga à mon frère = She reminds my broher of L G

But the construction you suggest ending with a pronoun might be used by a very young French child but isn't correct French.
Hope this helps!

Chris Wirt · Answer

Just to mention it explicitly:Elle leur rappelle Lady Gaga. -- She reminds them of Lady Gaga.