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diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
index 8e52252..e6aba20 100644
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_algebra.py
@@ -779,13 +779,11 @@ class FiniteDimensionalEJA(CombinatorialFreeModule):
             if elt.parent().superalgebra() == self:
                 return elt.superalgebra_element()
 
-        try:
-            # Try to convert a vector into a column-matrix...
+        if hasattr(elt, 'sparse_vector'):
+            # Convert a vector into a column-matrix. We check for
+            # "sparse_vector" and not "column" because matrices also
+            # have a "column" method.
             elt = elt.column()
-        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
-            # and ignore failure, because we weren't really expecting
-            # a vector as an argument anyway.
-            pass
 
         if elt not in self.matrix_space():
             raise ValueError(msg)