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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Perhaps and probably
Could you please guide me how to use words perhaps and probably and is there any difference?
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Hi there, I would tend to use 'probably' for something that is more likely to occur than when using 'perhaps'. Perhaps he went for a beer after work. ) He probably went for a beer after work.
- Hi there, I would tend to use 'probably' for something that is more likely to occur than when using 'perhaps'.
- Perhaps he went for a beer after work.
- ) He probably went for a beer after work.
- (It is quite likely that he went for a beer)
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Hi there,
I would tend to use 'probably' for something that is more likely to occur than when using 'perhaps'.
Perhaps he went for a beer after work. (It is a possibility that he went for a beer, but I am far from certain.)
He probably went for a beer after work. (It is quite likely that he went for a beer)
I would tend to use 'probably' for something that is more likely to occur than when using 'perhaps'.
Perhaps he went for a beer after work. (It is a possibility that he went for a beer, but I am far from certain.)
He probably went for a beer after work. (It is quite likely that he went for a beer)
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An action modified by perhaps is less likely than the action modified by probably.
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perhaps (and maybe) are used when you don't know something for certain, and you have no reason to believe that a given proposition is any more likely to be true than its opposite. It usually occurs at the beginning of the sentence.
[Perhaps / Maybe] it will rain tomorrow. [Perhaps / Maybe] it won't rain tomorrow.
Karen is not home. [Perhaps / Maybe] she has
[Perhaps / Maybe] it will rain tomorrow. [Perhaps / Maybe] it won't rain tomorrow.
Karen is not home. [Perhaps / Maybe] she has
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