Re: Dutch questions

Hi!

Douglas Koller writes:
> 1) Hij onderscheidde er zich herhaaldelijk en ook later, aan de
> universiteit te Cambridge, hebben weinigen meer eerbewijzen
> ontvangen dan hij.
>
> Question: What's happening in the second clause?
>
> If the meaning is akin to: "He distinguished himself there
> repeatedly and later, at the university of Cambridge, he received a
> few more honors.", then why not:
No, it's: '... few (people) have received more honours than he (did).'.

So 'hebben' agrees with 'weinigen' used as a noun.

**Henrik