A couple of more drastic examples to ram home the point that pronouns refer to things (or maybe ideas of things) rather than to words as such. You and I walk i

A couple of more drastic examples to ram home the point that pronouns refer to things (or maybe ideas of things) rather than to words as such. You and I walk into the office and I point at one of the people sitting at a computer. "He's one of our best engineers. You should give him a pay rise." (The antecedent is merely gestured at, not mentioned in words at all.) I come into the room where you're listening to Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier", and say "He's so good at fugues." (The antecedent is merely implied by context. No words, no gestures, nothing.)