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Hi,Could you please check for me if I have made any maitake in these grammar?Do you dare to ____?I won't / wouldn't / don't dare to ___ (Three of them are correct and possible)I dare not to ___ (Correct as well)I have sufficient cloths. (Adjective here)I have sufficed cloths. (Verb)I have sufficient. (Noun)Cheers

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John AkiCould you please check for me if I have made ~~any maitake in these grammar?~~ any grammar mistakes in these sentences?

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John Aki
Do you dare to ____? OK.
I won't / wouldn't / don't dare to ___ (Three of them are correct and possible) OK.
I dare not to ___ (Correct as well) No. Omit "to" if it's dare not.

'dare' is not a word that comes up much. Personally, I would not invest a lot of effort into mastering its unusual grammar.

John AkiI have sufficient clothes.

'sufficient' is an adjective, but it is too high register for most everyday use. Say 'enough'.

John Aki~~I have sufficed cloths.~~ (Verb) / ~~I have sufficient.~~ (Noun)

No. Neither of those is idiomatic English. The verb "suffice" means "be enough", and you don't hear it much in everyday conversation.

The director assured them that just another 30 seconds would [suffice / be enough] for him to finish his speech.

The noun is sufficiency, and it probably occurs most often in the word self-sufficiency, which means independence, being able to live without being dependent on others any more than necessary.

Without self-sufficiency, we set ourselves up for endless failure and enslavement.

CJ

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