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Allen165

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Shouldn't the following sentence start with "aren't"?

Isn't three centers too many?

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Yes.


A: Aren't three centers too many?
B: Yes, three centers are too many.


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I believe you can use isn't if you also use much:
Isn't three centers too much? :up:
Aren't three centers too many? :up:

When you say too many, you automatically count something (-> plural), which is in our case three centers.

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