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Stevenukd Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

NOT BETRAY

Dear Teachers,

1. How dare did you stab me in the back?

2. How dare you betrayed me?

- Are these natural? and do they have the same meaning?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
  

Top answer

The only popssible answers for me are: How dared you stab me in the back How dared you betray me.

— Paulio

  • The only popssible answers for me are: How dared you stab me in the back How dared you betray me.
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The only popssible answers for me are:

How dared you stab me in the back
How dared you betray me.
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Lil' Ruby Rose, could you explain what the highlighted word means? Did you correct or...?
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The phrase should read "how dare you" not "how dared you". Even if the betrayal was in the past, you are really talking about your current sense of disbelief and outrage about the betrayal, and would tend to say "how dare you...".

If for some reason you really want to emphasise that the outrage was in the past, and you don't feel that now, "how dared you" is archaic. You might say som
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Many thanks, Lil' Ruby Rose. Your post turned out very informative.
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