“Many” is a Plural

rogersgeorge on April 14th, 2024

What is it when you refer to a single group of many? I say it’s still a plural, so I say this headline is incorrect:

Children are expensive – not just for parents, but the environment – so how many is too many?

Should be “how many are too many?”

That’s in a newsletter named The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/children-are-expensive-not-just-for-parents-but-the-environment-so-how-many-is-too-many-176662

Here’s the picture behind the headline:

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