English Grammar?

Question

What is the difference between the word "maybe" and "may be"?

Answer 1

if i'm not mistaken, the word may be is in teh use of saying that theres a possibility of something. And the word maybe, which is more commonly used in english for an indecisive answer about something.

Answer 2

maybe=perhaps (Maybe I will win the race = Perhaps I will win the race.)
may be=could/might be ( I may be the winner of the race.)
They are essentially the same.

Answer 3

maybe
possibly: by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there ...
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

may be
two words (verbs), as in: I may be wrong, but I think the store is closed

Answer 4

maybe is like when it is will be or will not be meanwhile the word may be is it mayy change into something or it might not change into the way u expected...

Answer 5

"maybe" is an adverb, while "may be" is a verb form, with the modal verb "may". They are related of course but they have different uses.

Compare:
-- "It may be that he will come." (verb form, main clause subject is "it", dependent clause with subject "he")
-- "Maybe he'll come, and maybe he won't." (adverb, main clause subject is "he")

Answer 6

Maybe this is a stupid question or you may be really bored

Answer 7

There is no difference is meaning.
There is only a difference in pronunciation.

Example:

1. "Is this apple okay to eat?"
"Maybe"

2. "It may be that the product was not satifactory among the customers"

So, there you have it.

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Answer 8

don't really know it's the word same to me?

Answer 9

http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/maybe.html

Answer 10

It is always "May be".

"Maybe" is a typographical error.