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They both sound good. But the writer above is write, It is not an accusative case.

Людей is the object here, not the subject. :D Yea, you're right :yes: but if we conclude that this kind of sentence is the same as the passive in English then: Active - The subject performs the...

Да, он мне уже объяснил :wink: Я думал, что они это каким-то образом прорабатывают (особый метод или система).

А я еще жалуюсь на английскую грамматику :-) Вот сейчас прохожу (вернее закрепляю)...

By the way, returning to you first statement. I've been thinking about that for a while. Your question was: When should the logical subject of a negated reflexive verb be put in the genitive case?
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Не чуется мужской дух! (Дух какой - мужской; sorry can't explain without using the questions :|) Your interpretation is wrong. It means the same as the statement below just in...

Certainly this makes perfect sense for someone who already speaks Russian, because for a native speaker grammar is about sounding right or wrong, whereas for a learner it is about rules (at least in...

I missed your main question.
I don't think the case depends on the situation is real or not (or the subject exists/does not exist in spite of described action).

When I say не покупается the...

Hello!
I think my russian colleagues are carried away a bit. :-)
I'm going back to the beginning.

Людей не покупается, хоть они и нанимаются. The only mistakes here are the ending of the word...