[CrackMonkey] RSA patent expiration party

[Paul J Collins]

>>>>> "Monkey" == Monkey Master <monkeymaster at crackmonkey.org> writes:

    Monkey> begin  Michael Jennings quotation:
    >> > > > >   Are you one of the few that has never read Seth's web pages?
    >> > 	If you're referring to a "few", then shouldb't the verb be
    >> > "have" instead of "has"?
    >> 
    >> Yes.  But he's not.  Note the subject of the sentence is "one," not
    >> "few."  "Few" is the object of the preposition "of."  Take out the
    >> prepositional phrase, and you get "are you one who has never read
    >> Seth's web pages," which is correct.

    Monkey> 	Nono.  He's saying:

    Monkey> 	Are you one of the <group>?

    Monkey> 	Where <group> is "the few who have never read Seth's web
    Monkey> pages".

    Monkey> 	He's not asking if I'm the one who has never read the pages,
    Monkey> he's asking if I'm in this group.

Since the subject is therefore a group, which a thing, shouldn't it
be:

    Are you one of the few that has never read Seth's web pages?

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