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Phrase: I dare say you must try it before



 
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Phrase: I dare say you must try it before Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:30 am  Phrase: I dare say you must try it before
 

i dare say you must try it before

is it correct?
if not, how to make it correct....

thx!
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I daresay Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:36 am  I daresay
 

Hi kinlihk2000,

You asked:

Quote:
I dare say you must try it before

is it correct?
if not, how to make it correct....

This sentence isn't really complete. You can say: I daresay you must try it before (a time) Tuesday.

or I daresay you must try it beforehand (as an adverb meaning in advance).

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I daresay Wed Mar 15, 2006 13:42 pm  I daresay
 

Alan, should this be split into two words? My British and American dictionaries don't have "daresay". Shouldn't it be "I dare say"?
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Daresay Wed Mar 15, 2006 13:56 pm  Daresay
 

Have a look in Collins English Dictionary or Encarta World English Dictionary for starters and I daresay you'll find both are used.

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Daresay Wed Mar 15, 2006 14:04 pm  Daresay
 

Or you could look at the following:

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Daresay Wed Mar 15, 2006 14:06 pm  Daresay
 

Alan wrote:
Have a look in Collins English Dictionary or Encarta World English Dictionary for starters and I daresay you'll find both are used.

Whoa! There it is, in both places! I've looked some more, and the Merriam Webster dictionary has it too. It looks as if just my Oxford American and British ones don't have it. I wonder what that's all about.

I've noticed the Encarta dictionary shows UK usages that don't exist in the US. In the US it just means, "I'd venture to say..."

Thanks very much.
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