Poll: I didn't dare ____ her.

I didn't dare ____ her.

to tell
tell
Either could be used.

Votes: 436
Comments: 3
Added: September 2008

Comments:

Brittany - 24th February 2009 16:05
i think it should be tell. "To tell" is a prepositional phrase. If you took a prepositional phrase out of a sentence, it would still make sense. An example would be, " The dog ran to the water." To the water is the prepostional phrase. If you took it out (The dog ran.) It still makes sense. If you took "to tell" out, it would not make any sense at all. That's exactly why I chose tell instead of "to tell" . . .
 
quanysha - 22nd April 2009 20:07
i think u could use both because they both sound right with the sentence.
 
leandro - 3rd July 2010 01:02
It is a verb pattern. I mean: This verb, in contexts like this one, is always followed by a certain preposition.
 
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