The Milquetoasts of this world seldom wake up in time to get tough effectively, Mr. [Harold Tucker] Webster fears. … Webster considers him a worthy citizen—of the kind that had better begin to show a little more spunk before it is too late.

But you would orphanize creation, deny that God is the Father of all spirits, and forbid needy, lost man to address him as such.

Jean Railla, the author of “Get Crafty: Hip Home Ec” (Broadway Books, 2004) and founder of GetCrafty.com, agreed: “In a world of thousand-dollar ‘it’ bags, and hyperconsumerism, one of the most political things you can do is to make something yourself.”

The crucial distinction is not subject clitic versus object clitic, but shadow pronoun versus free anaphor.