some-of-us-only

Updated: February 26, 2026

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