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Maelstrom Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Who dared TO/primal verbs?

"I will revenge this injustice with those who dared FRAME me."
What I don't understand is the lack of preposition between the verb "dared" and "frame," is it legit and correct to even use such an expression?
Thanks!:)
  

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Yes. "dare" can take either a bare infinitive or a to-infinitive.

  • Yes.
  • "dare" can take either a bare infinitive or a to-infinitive.
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Yes. "dare" can take either a bare infinitive or a to-infinitive.
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maelstromWhat I don't understand is the lack of preposition between the verb "dared" and "frame," is it legit and correct to even use such an expression?
Yes. "Dare" is another verb like "help" which can be followed by the bare infinitive or the to-infinitive.

I help mother do the cooking.
I help mother to do the cooking.

How dare you yel
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AlpheccaStarsI dare you (to) jump off the roof.
Does "I dare you jump off the roof" definitely sound correct to you?
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GPYDoes "I dare you jump off the roof" definitely sound correct to you?
In that one, I would 99% of the time use the to-infinitive.
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AlpheccaStars GPYDoes "I dare you jump off the roof" definitely sound correct to you?In that one, I would 99% of the time use the to-infinitive.
Thanks to both of you!
But is there a why to this?
I use the to-infinitive 100% of the time,
can you actually tell me which expression is somewhat/relatively more correct in comparison?

Thanks!
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I think that the to-infinitive is used when its subject is different than that of the main verb.

We dare not text in class. It makes the teacher very upset.
Don't you dare speak that way!
I dare you to climb that tree. (different subject)

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