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by NobodyNada
236 days ago
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That's not correct; you can say sentences like "The only moving parts in a dishwasher are the two pumps, the sprayer arms, the water inlet valve, and the detergent dispenser"; or "there are only two hard problems in computer science". So "one of the only" sounds just fine to me. |
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In the dishwasher example, "only" refers to "moving parts" which is a collective singular, like how "baseball team" is properly an "it," not a "they."
Same goes for the compsci example. By modifying the plural with adjectives, you narrow its scope.