http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_thread/thread/c7ea4656b85a1693#
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_thread/thread/530405463da3e4e3/79ba9577cb870392
[quote](by J.L.)
It's the "only" that require the infinitive.
A very common construction is
the only NP to VP
which means
the only NP which has VPed
For instance, today's news provides a case for the following:
He is the only person to win both the Ignobel and the Nobel prizes, in that order.
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