‘Don’t you dare’ sounds grammatically correct while ‘do not you dare’ doesn’t.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.ha ha ha... my eyes keep playing games on me... the first round I read "dramatically" !!!....then I was going to say "Well I must be dramatic so ..don't you dare..blah blah" when I realized my mistake and I am still flat on the floor laughing.. gee, this is the best med ever
IamNobody
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Nov 18, 2018
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Because in the imperative sentence structure it should be "You do not dare" or "do not dare, you." We typically drop the "you" from imperative sentences, because it's implied "don't do it" or "come here."
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Buzzkill homeschooling mom who is teaching sentence types and structure right now.
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