| Element | FORM: SEMI-MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS, 'DARE', 'NEED' |
|---|---|
| SuperCat | VERBS |
| SubCat | types |
| Lexical Range | N/A |
| Level | B2 |
| Cando | Can use semi-modal auxiliary verbs, 'dare' and 'need'. |
| Corrected Learner Example | You needn't worry about where we can stay. (China; B2 VANTAGE; 1998; Chinese; Pass) I think that they are rather jealous because they daren't give up their car. (France; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; French; Pass) |
| Uncorrected Learner Example | You needn't worry about where we can stay. (China; B2 VANTAGE; 1998; Chinese; Pass) I think that they are rather jalous because they daren't give up their car. (France; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; French; Pass) |
| Comments | LOW FREQUENCY ITEM. There is very little use of dare as a semi-modal in CLC even at C2 level. Most examples are dare as main verb. At C level there is lots of evidence of dare + to inf and lots of errors with dare + -ing; Similarly need is most frequently used as a lexical verb need to. |
