some-of-us-only

Updated: November 26, 2025

Payne shows reason for believing that the collective "we" precedes "I" in the order of linguistic evolution. To begin with, in America and elsewhere, "we" may be inclusive and mean "all-of-us," or selective, meaning "some-of-us-only."

R. R. (Robert Ranulph) Marett - Anthropology