1.5 personal and demonstrative pronouns

You may decide not to name the person or thing and 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.