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I had always been told this never happened. I was a little skeptical, but
since I never saw a sentence with two of the particle, I gradually came to
accept that it was probably true.

Well ironically, in the DoBJG, where I'm pretty sure I've also read the above
factoid, I've encountered this sentence:

この道を靴を履かずに歩けますか。

So I'm wondering if this is a mistake, or a weird exception, or if this "rule"
I've heard is simply misleading or outright fallacious, and if so, when is it
okay to use multiple wo particles in a sentence.

Cheers.
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grammar syntax particle-を
Multiple "wo"s in a sentence?
I think the reason here is that those two を apply to two different verbs.

この道 **を** [靴を履かずに] **歩けます** か。
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This is a simple case of subclauses - you've still got one を per clause:

[この道を[靴を履かずに]歩けますか。]

靴 is the object of 履かず, 道 is the object* of 歩けます.

*Depending on your interpretation of を with what you would think are intransitive verbs. You can read more about these sorts of cases here: [It seems that 渡る is categorized as 自動詞 (intransitive verb), yet it is frequently used with を. Why?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/12734/3639)
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