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My reasoning is that aren't stands for are not so the sentence would read are not you too old to be... which is not proper grammar.

Michael Seifert
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    'Aren't you' is short for 'Are you not'. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 07 '17 at 19:48
  • See the examples here: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/aren-t – michael.hor257k Feb 07 '17 at 19:53
  • This has been covered here a lot from various angles. See, for example, http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/212680/why-do-not-we-ask-negative-questions-without-a-contraction-on-the-not-after-the, http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/225666/was-do-not-you-want-to-know-correct-200-years-ago-and-is-now-incorrect, http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/82982/why-does-why-doesnt-it-work-become-why-does-it-not-work – 1006a Feb 07 '17 at 20:37

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A typo caused the confusion. Aren't does mean are not. The sentence should read "Aren't you too old to be? rather than to old.

Yosef Baskin
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