maybe, "may be"

Hiya kumar, I have never given it a single thought you know not even when I learned Spanish either. Maybe, quizas I really should know but you have got me there as although I had very high marks in English then I would probably not get them now (grin). But I don´t care about that at all as I let the words flow in both languages and how. Here I am sounding a bit could not care less. Whichever way you express it no matter. But I suppose it must be very important to you right now. Will catch up with you when I can. How is your Job going by the way? I have been thinking of Granada most of the week and it came out on the Television yesterday. El Alambra is a wonderful place did you ever go there by the way? Maybe you will have the chance to go there and visit it soon. Or maybe you will be able to gon on Holidays with your Girlfriend too. Maybe I should be finishing or concluding this response as I have to see to other offline things too. Left you three examples there. Good Job I don´t have to have an Exam in Spanish alas I think that I would fail miserably (grin) My former English Teacher´s Curls would fall out to see such misuse of English Grammar (grin) Ole, Ole y Ole. Hugs. Sue.xxx

As a part of speech, 'maybe' has an adverbial role. It generally modifies a verb in some way to express a certain kind of doubt or probability: "Maybe you can post this letter for me while you are out.", for example, modifies the verb 'can' = 'to be able'. It is really a short (and originally colloquial) way of saying 'It may be that ...'. As you note, it generally comes at the beginning of a sentence in order to emphasise the sense of relative likelihood (or doubt) that something might happen. "Will it rain today?" ... "Maybe it will, maybe not. Who can tell!" or "I don't know. Maybe you should take your umbrella, just in case." 'Maybe' can also be used as a single word answer, along with 'Yes' and 'No' to mean something in between the two extremes. When the two words 'may' and 'be' are used separated by a space, they are being used as a verb with the auxiliary 'may' (which was once a verb in its own right but is now just a modifier or auxiliary). It is sometimes used almost interchangeably with 'might' - "You may be allowed to cycle here" and "You might be allowed to cycle here" both express some doubt or uncertainty about the rules but are used in slightly different contexts and neither are the same as "You may cycle here", which is a quite definite statement meaning "You are allowed to cycle here". Using 'may' and 'might' correctly is one of the harder things to convey to a non-native English speaker! "I might write several paragraphs on the subject but I may not because of time!" (meaning that I could, if I wanted to, but that time does not allow me to do so.)

hi kumar since I started using Firefox with its spelling checker I have had tor refresh myself on when to use it may be blah blah or again may be the opposite blah blah as opposed to maybe its time for all good mylotters to hit the sack, the hay, grab a few zzzzes or maybe you have other plans for two am,lol lol. And I have English as my only language altho I can read some spanish and some french. I am American born in the U SA lol. So a lot of us English speaking people still can goof on the proper use of may be as opposed to maybe I should study English again.

I had never thought about it, but you are correct. I have only used what felt, or rather, sounded right.

WEll, you may be right! And just maybe you can help others learn proper English in the process! It may be an interesting thing to do, you know, maybe helping others learn another language! Good job,,, thanks!

You may be a handsome prince but maybe you should improve on your English first before.... Kumar, tell your English teacher to give you enough examples and maybe everyone would learn faster that way. You may be a student yet but you write English well.

i know my friend. english is so confusing it even confounds us of whom it is our first and only language. ive heard it is the hardest language to learn. when i was a child i got very good grades in my spelling and english class. but these days my teachers would probably turn over in their graves if they saw how little of it i retained.

First, maybe isn't a phrase; it's a word, though it can be used as a phrase, and it isn't always followed by a comma. "Maybe, but I'm not sure." (comma) "Maybe it is and maybe it isn't."(no comma) "I think that maybe you misunderstood my question." (in the middle of a sentence, with no comma) A comma often indicates a natural pause, and if you say the sentences aloud, the way you would speak them, you can hear the difference. Maybe can also be used alone, just like yes or no. I recognize that most courses are going to concentrate on grammar rules, but that often gets in the way of really understanding the language.