Usage of DARE
1. Usually forms negatives and questions like an
ordinary verb and is followed by an infinitive with to. It is most common in
the negative.
« I didn’t dare to ask.
« He won’t dare to break his promise.
« You told him? How did you dare?
« I hardly dared to hope she’d remember me.
2. In positive sentences a phrase like not
be afraid is often used instead.
« She wasn’t afraid (= she dared) to tell him the truth.
3. Used in present tense negative forms
in British English and is followed by an infinitive without to.
« I daren’t tell her the truth.
4. In spoken English, the forms of the
ordinary verb are often used with an infinitve without to.
« Don’t you dare tell her what I said!
« I didn’t dare look at him.
5. How dare you: Used to show
that you are angry about something that sb has done.
« How dare you talk to me like that?
« How dare she imply that I was lying?
6. don’t you dare! : used to
tell sb strongly not to do something.
« ‘I’ll tell her about it.’ ‘Don’t you
dare!’
« Don’t you dare say anything to anybody.
7. I dare say (also I daresay especially in British English) used when you are saying that something is probable.
« I dare say you know about it already.
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