My daughter is very fond of jumping on unclear usage of personal pronouns: 'Who is she?' she demands triumphantly, 'The cat's mother?'.

Of course she learned this put-down from her parents - so no complaints. But, as Jessica Love points out in this entertaining essay,  pronouns are tricky customers.

You can find more language related material on my new blog: http://thisinterestedme.blogspot.com/  Lots of other fascinating stuff, too!