was or were?

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All but one were rescued from the shipwreck.

All but one miner was saved.

Both sentences seems to be correct but why ''was'' and ''were'' used this way?
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[+2] - gungasnake - 11/11/2008Needs to be "were" in both cases.

@pumpjockey,

Needs to be "were" in both cases.

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