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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

maybe

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00Is 'maybe' more spoken and informal, whereas 'perhaps' is written and formal? Do native speakers use 'maybe' at the beginning of a sentence very often? I found people in China, Hong Kong, Macau like to 'maybe' very often.02br
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0I think that we tend to use 'maybe' mainly as an answer to a yes/no question when we can't say definitely yes or no. 0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0I think that we tend to use 'maybe' mainly as an answer to a yes/no question when we can't say definitely yes or no.
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0I think that we tend to use 'maybe' mainly as an answer to a yes/no question when we can't say definitely yes or no. 02br
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00Perhaps is used more in statements.02br
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00Would you like to go to the party tonight?02br
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00Maybe.02br
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00Perhaps you could let me know later then.0-
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0 Hi Ruttonjee02br
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01i00Maybe02i00 usually takes initial position:02br
01i00Maybe02i00 he would have said something.02br
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01i00Perhaps02i00 may also take initial position, but you can put it where adverbs of frequency are placed if you like:02br
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