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whatdaheck
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 Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:14 am Post subject: Help! |
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Hey there
Just needed a little help.. Which one's correct, Dare to change the world or Dare change the world?
Thanks in advance
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| Dare to change the world sounds more natural. |
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whatdaheck
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Thanks...for a moment I thought so..but wanted to be on the ''safest'' side..
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tyreless
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| Just needed a little help.. Which one's correct, Dare to change the world or Dare change the world? |
Hello Maham niece hearing from you again
I agree with BobS and might add that 'dare' can be used as a regular verb with 'to' or a modal auxilliary without 'to'
Usage as a regular verb is common' such as in
'I didn't dare to open the door.'
'Did he dare to call you?'
' He's a man who dares to say what he thinks.'
When used as a modal auxilliary 'dare' does not take 'do', 'to' and is not inflected in the third person singular '-s'
'Dare she tell him.'
'I daren't say what I think.'
Personaly I am beginning to feel that the differencee between 'to dare' as a regular verb and 'dare' as a modal auxilliary is not in meaning but emphasis. I will try to explain what I mean using two examples.
'She did not dare to go to the police because she had been threatened.'
'to dare' as a regular verb with 'do support' and 'to'.
'She daren't go to anybody! She's a coward. I know her.'
'dare' as a modal auxilliary without 'do-support' and 'to'.
Does that help? 
David
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whatdaheck
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah thanks it does! |
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