[HPFGU-OTChatter] "One of the only".

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

zanooda
> I was wondering about the expression "one of the only", what exactly does it
> mean? When Rita Skeeter says: "I am probably one of the only people alive
> who can say that they know the real Harry Potter" - does she mean "I am the
> only one" or "I am one of the few"?

Ali:
It's "one of the few," with the emphasis on few.  It's a little like
saying "one of the very few."

Your instinct is spot on for this one.

~Ali