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I do fear vs I do have fear

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I do fear' is a more direct and concise way to express fear, while 'I do have fear' is a bit more formal and less common in everyday conversation.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 1173 views

I do fear

This phrase is correct and commonly used to express fear in a direct and concise manner.

This phrase is used to express fear or anxiety about something. It is a simple and direct way to convey the feeling of fear.

Examples:

I do fear the dark.
I do fear failure.
I do fear the unknown.
I do fear for my safety.
I do fear what the future holds.

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I do fear this body hath a tail more perilous than the head.
Now it is done, Lord, I do fear for Mildrith.
If this is a budgetary issue, I do fear for the priority of sustainable development.
I do fear, though, that we have not really moved any closer to each other, although I value the rapporteur's work.
My lord, I do not know, but truly, I do fear it.
Mr President, I am not quite certain of this, but I do fear that you have not had paragraph 75 voted on.
Mr President, 'the best is the enemy of the good', as they say in France, and I do fear Mrs Read's report is a striking illustration of that saying.
But I do fear that all we are really doing is consolidating Gaddafi's power, which, in due course, inevitably will pass to one of his sons in a dynastic succession akin to that of North Korea.
Yet I do fear thy nature,
But truly I do fear it.
I do fear for their lives, though.
Now, Commissioner, liquidity measures - as others have said - are not fully resolved, and I do fear more perverse incentives around the growing concentration on sovereign debt and short-term instruments.
While I am not opposed to enlargement, I do fear that further enlargement without deepening the European Union will lead to something we do not want, namely a free-trade zone.
What I do fear is Lord Narcisse.
Yet I do fear him,
I do fear Allah.
I do fear death.
Whose daggers have stabb'd Caesar; I do fear it.
There is none but he whose being I do fear; and, under him, my Genius is rebuked;

Alternatives:

I fear
I am afraid
I am scared
I am fearful
I have a fear of

I do have fear

This phrase is correct but less common in everyday conversation. It is a more formal way to express fear.

This phrase is also used to express fear or anxiety, but it is a bit more formal and less commonly used in everyday conversation.

Examples:

I do have fear of heights.
I do have fear of failure.
I do have fear of the unknown.
I do have fear for my family's safety.
I do have fear of the dark.

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"led by your sheep, but I do have fear of an army of sheep led by your lion."
I do not have fear of nobody.
I do not have fear of it.
I don't have any fears.
I don't have a fear of commitment.
I don't have a fear of fat people.
I do not think I have fears that a reading of 2 hours to complete.
No, I don't have a fear of owning stuff.
No, I don't have a fear of owning stuff.
If we constantly keep that in mind, then I do not actually have any fear that this necessary and unavoidable discussion might do any damage.
I don't have an obsessive fear of AIDS.
I do not have them! Fear of confrontation?
All have fear of what is going to arrive.
There was no time to have fear.
I have fear of dying in my sleep.
I get a laugh, I have fear.
I also accept that people have fears and criticisms regarding this Constitution.
I did not have fear in my eyes.
I defend Myself because I have fear of you.
I Have fear that can go badly.

Alternatives:

I am afraid
I am scared
I am fearful
I have a fear of
I fear

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