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fnordlord | 4 months ago

Of all positive integers less than 10, only 4 are even numbers. 8 is one of the only. right?

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margalabargala|4 months ago

"8 is one of the only" is a little off because it doesn't have an object, it relies on that being implicit from the prior sentence. "Only" here is an adjective, not a noun. The usage is a little awkward.

It would be more correct to say "there are only 4 positive integers less than 10. 8 is one of them."