I wonder if the same expression (I dare say) works itself (in current spoken AE/BE.) Please note that to me it has the connotation of "I suppose" with a slight undertone of …
How could you dare to say that! 1 - 3 hits How dared you say that! - 3 hits How did you dare say that! - 0 hits. Note that I added the exclamation marks myself (GB doesn't do …
those examples are almost exclusively found in accusative plus infinitive constructions. Dare can be used in this construction (albeit with a very different sense, "to challenge …
"Dare say" in the sense of "regard as probable" is used almost exclusively in the first-person present tense - so much so that Lexico defines it as a fixed phrase: I dare say …
"Dare I say" or "dare I ask" should both be understood by your readers. For this particular context, alternatives might be: "If it's no trouble, ..." "It would be helpful if ..." …
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