Timeline for Is this "dare" an auxiliary verb or a lexical one?
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| Nov 19, 2023 at 19:13 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2023 at 19:10 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 22, 2020 at 6:15 | comment | added | BillJ | "Dare" can be either a lexical verb or an auxiliary one. In your example it can only be a lexical verb since it has the auxiliary "do" and a to-infinitival complement. Auxiliary "dare", by contrast, does not require "do" in non-affirmatives and takes a bare infinitival complement, as in "He dare not interrupt me". | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 6:12 | comment | added | BillJ | @Araucaria-Nothereanymore. Oops! Thanks for pointing that out. I'll repost. | |
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| Apr 21, 2020 at 18:48 | history | asked | Abdelbasset | CC BY-SA 4.0 |