▲personal and demonstrative pronouns

1.5 You may decide not to name the person or thing and to use a pronoun rather than a proper noun or common noun.

You usually do this because the person or thing has already been named, so you refer to them by using a personal pronoun or a demonstrative pronoun.

Reagan’s American, isn’t he?

‘Could I speak to Sue, please?’—’I’m sorry she doesn’t work here now. ’

I’ve got two boys, and looking at them I can see a little bit of myself.

This led to widespread criticism.

See paragraphs 1.96 to 1.109 for more information about personal pronouns, and paragraphs 1.123 to 1.126 for more information about demonstrative pronouns.

▲indefinite pronouns

1.6 You may decide not to name the person or thing at all, for example because you do not want to, you think it is not important, you do not know or you want to be vague or mysterious while telling a story. In such cases you use an indefinite pronoun, which does not refer to any particular person or thing.

I had to say something.

In this country nobody trusts anyone.

A moment later, his heart seemed to stop as he sensed the sudden movement of someone rushing into the hut.

See paragraphs 1.127 to 1.140 for more information about indefinite pronouns.

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