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"Don't dare to touch" or "touching"? I always have troubles determining if I have to use to +. Infinitive or rather verb + ~ing in such sentences. So.. should one say: A) Don't dare to touch it, it's hot! B) Don't dare touching it, it's hot!
20 sep. 2019 15:20
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Interesting, in the positive form of a command, we would say "I dare you *to* touch it!", but in the negative, "Don't you dare touch it!"
20 september 2019
I think it is the same itsnt?
20 september 2019
(A) correct; however, it will sound more natural to say, "Don't dare touch it, it's hot!" (B) is incorrect Dare is an odd verb that has lost "to" in many instances. For example, we would say: "You need to eat it." BUT "Don't dare eat it, it is too much."
20 september 2019
Heb je je antwoorden nog steeds niet gevonden?
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