"How dare you spoke to me like that?" Can one use the past tense of the verb?
2006-12-25 04:22:07 · 29 answers · asked by archem 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Incorrect usage. "How could you have dared to speak to me like that?" is the correct way to express the thought in the tense you want.
2006-12-25 04:24:33 · answer #1 · answered by mr.threethirtyfive 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, that is incorrect.
It should be, "How dare you speak to me like that?"
Dare is a verb and you are using that in the present tense so you cannot use spoke in the same sentence as a past tense.
2006-12-25 04:25:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not correct that way. The closest you might get is, "How dared you speak to me like that?" Put the past tense on "dare." By using the present tense "dare," you must stay in present, and you can't mix the past "spoke" with it.
2006-12-25 04:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by brenbon1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. "It should be How dare you to have spoken to me that way?" or "How dare you speak to me that way?" Depending on the time you are making the statement and at what time they spoke to you in that way.
2006-12-25 04:50:06 · answer #4 · answered by dasdadt 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is incorrect, speak is acceptable as recent past tense, if the speak occurred a long time ago you would need to re structure the sentence
2006-12-25 04:26:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
no, because you are using the present tense "dare" you have to use present tense "speak" not "spoke"
2006-12-25 04:23:56 · answer #6 · answered by martin h 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"How dare you 'speak' to me like that." would be the correct way. Or "You you shouldn't have spoke to me that way. How dare you."
2006-12-25 04:52:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is incorrect as is the letter "u" to stand for "you". It is also a statement, not a question so the punctuation is also incorrect. It should be "How dare you speak to me like that!"
2006-12-25 05:11:31 · answer #8 · answered by ginabgood1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can say "how dare you speak to me like that!" but not spoke....
2006-12-25 04:23:42 · answer #9 · answered by Druid2020 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you referring to an earlier incident, the correct sentence will be :
"How did you dare to speak to me like that ?"
2006-12-25 04:32:25 · answer #10 · answered by saudipta c 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋