Talk:sole survivor

sole survivor
"Sole" means "only". Equinox ◑ 04:35, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * But it is only used in situations where a large number of people have died, right? Doesn't that make it idiomatic? ---&#62; Tooironic (talk) 05:00, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I can find uses in situations where only two people died (1, 2 (warning, autoplaying video), 3), so I wouldn't say so. Smurrayinchester (talk) 05:37, 8 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. There's nothing truly idiomatic here. "Sole", like "only", often implies one or more others of a contrary nature. Consider the following e.g.'s from a New York Times search:
 * - South Korea chose a state-run aircraft maker on Monday as the sole preferred bidder.
 * - Her departure leaves Judge Eugene F. Pigott Jr. the sole Republican on the seven-member panel.
 * - Seventy years after the United States invented uranium enrichment, the sole American company in the business is struggling.
 * - And 18 percent said they were their household's sole provider.
 * - The bank will be the sole advertiser on NYMag.com.
 * -- · (talk) 05:52, 8 July 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. - -sche (discuss) 03:17, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

deleted -- Liliana • 09:29, 5 September 2015 (UTC)