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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Is this normal?
I've heard saying this "don't you dare stop" , shouldn't it be "don't you dare to stop" ?
The first one kind of sounds weird to me.
The first one kind of sounds weird to me.
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From a strictly grammatical point of view, you are right. Dare is sometimes used like a modal/defective auxiliary and in such cases to is not used with it. Cf.
- From a strictly grammatical point of view, you are right.
- Dare is sometimes used like a modal/defective auxiliary and in such cases to is not used with it.
- Cf.
- I will not do it.
- I dare not do it.
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From a strictly grammatical point of view, you are right. Dare is sometimes used like a modal/defective auxiliary and in such cases to is not used with it.
Cf.
I will not do it.
I dare not do it.
When do is used with dare, to is normally used as well:
I don't dare to do it.
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Cf.
I will not do it.
I dare not do it.
When do is used with dare, to is normally used as well:
I don't dare to do it.
Some
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Anonymous I've heard saying this "don't you dare stop" , shouldn't it be "don't you dare to stop" ?The first one kind of sounds weird to me.For me, "Don't you dare stop" feels correct and "Don't you dare to stop" seems inferior.
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