s'en occuper

Question

Il s'en occupe tout de suite. Why is "He takes care of them right away." correct but "He takes care of him right away" is wrong. What in that sentence says "them" but not "him"?"

Accepted Answer

Bonjour Judith,
This particular question has just been reworked to make it easier to answer ;-)
To supplement on the great answers you have already received, see link below:
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I hope this is helpful.
Bonne journée !

Answer

You can't tell from the sentence you post, because en refers back to something prior. But it can't be "him" since en doesn't refer to people.

Answer

This has been asked before, and was actually answered by Chris:
https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/il-s-en-occupe-tout-de-suite