OK, here's my latest gripe!

That gets my goat, too!

Oh grannyticktock

I love these sorts of gripes. lol.

They were the only people to (do whatever), and she was one of them. No?

What you say, Belladonna, would make sense only if the particular group of people had already been defined, but that wasn't the case; and it would still be clearer to say, "One of the few..." Using "one" as as well as "only" to narrow it down is what's wrong, to my ear, because "only" already carries the meaning of uniqueness or singularity.

Yes, I see grannyt. I would, in fact, use “one of the few” and it certainly sounds better, but did just wonder if the other version could make sense, Tks for the explanation.

Hadn't thought about it before but yes, doesn't sound right.

too negative and boring to drone on about such things

Who’s “droning”, andy ? Plenty of other places to go and play 🙂