69 Dare to as an Ordinary Verb

Dare is both a main verb and a semi-modal verb. When used as an Ordinary Main Verb, “dare” means ‘to be brave or rude enough to do something’, and can be followed by infinitive “to“. Dare can mean ‘challenging somebody’. With this meaning, it is a main verb and it requires an object.

Affirmative form

In Affirmative form it has this structure:
Subject + dare + to + verb (base form).

Negative form

In Negative form it has this structure:
Subject + auxiliary verb (do/does) + not + dare + to + verb (base form).

Interrogative form

In Interrogative form it has this structure:
Auxiliary verb (do/does) + subject + dare + to + verb (base form) + (?).

• Her mother dares him (to) go to the party.
• Don’t they dare (to) throw a dice?
• No one dares (to) break the rules of the game.

There are some rules we should be careful when we create a sentence with Dare as an Ordinary Verb:

• Dare is followed by to when it is used as an ordinary verb;
• Question and Negative forms are formed with do;
• Ordinary Dare has the -s marking in the third person singular;
• Ordinary Dare is more common than auxiliary dare. It is mostly used in
  questions and negatives.