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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Can you tell me what's the difference between...

What's the difference between "maybe you should" and "I think you should"?
Also, which expression is more common?
  

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Anonymous What's the difference between "maybe you should" and "I think you should"? There's not much difference when offering a suggestion politely, and both are extremely common.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Anonymous What's the difference between "maybe you should" and "I think you should"?
  • There's not much difference when offering a suggestion politely, and both are extremely common.
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AnonymousWhat's the difference between "maybe you should" and "I think you should"?
There's not much difference when offering a suggestion politely, and both are extremely common.
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Thank you AlpheccaStars as always.
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There's really little difference except when you use "I think... it is from your opininion standpoint , while when you use " maybe... you trying to shift responsibility for the possible consequences of your advice to some shared common sense.
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AnonymousWhat's the difference between "maybe you should" and "I think you should"?
The first contains no "I", so it's a bit more indirect. Otherwise, the idea is really the same.
AnonymousAlso, which expression is more common?
Use Google Ngrams to answer these types of questions. See the link below.

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