In the sentence "He dare not oppose the chairman's decision," the verb "dare" functions as:
Modal auxiliary verb
The word "dare" can function either as an ordinary main verb or as a modal auxiliary, depending on the sentence structure.
In "He dare not oppose the chairman's decision," "dare" is followed directly by "not" and a bare infinitive "oppose" without "to," and it does not take an "-s" in the third person singular, both of which are characteristic features of modal auxiliary verbs.
If "dare" were a main verb here, the sentence would instead read "He does not dare to oppose," using "does" as the auxiliary and "to oppose" as the infinitive.
Therefore, in this sentence, "dare" functions as a modal auxiliary verb.
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