The non - assertive character of the first three is quite obvious: the conditional clause leaves the actualization of dare up in the air in (31);(32) implies " she didn't dare ignore him any more than that "; (33) is a sort of indignant rhetorical question implying that he shouldn't have dared take the native's part against her.
The non - assertive character of the first three is quite obvious: the conditional clause leaves the actualization of dare flying through the air in (31);(32) implies " she didn't dare ignore him any more than that "; (33) is a sort of indignant rhetorical question implying that he shouldn't have dared take the native's part against her.