Maybe Or May be.

Posted by The King Of Love❤️wishes you love & Peace❤️ on July 12, 2016

Hello all, 

I usually use "may be" in my sentences in form of separate words (not joined, may be).

And also, I see in many websites and newspapers that they use "may be" in this form.

But today, I saw on EC that it has used  "maybe".

Now, I can see that EC accepts both spellings (may be and maybe).

Which is correct?  Both? Or one of them?

Thanks in advance,

Bijan

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  • Danny Clark July 25, 2016 12:49

    But I have to add the following. A predicate is always the second part of the sentence, but the first one is not always a subject. I mean the inversion when we sart a sentence with some other part of a sentence, like THERE (is/are), Here (is/are), and so on.

  • Danny Clark July 25, 2016 11:24


    Yes, my dear! In this sentence "IS" is a predicate. And now, look here:

    I am answering your question. Here, "AM" is an auxiliary, it means only the first person, singular. And the notional verb is ANSWER. Got it?
    Afro said:

    Thanks! So, ' he is my brother' here is ...is a predicate? and, we always find predicate after the subject?

    Maybe Or May be.
    Hello all,  I usually use may be in my sentences in form of separate words (not joined, may be). And also, I see in many websites and newspapers th…
  • bet July 25, 2016 11:17

    Thanks! So, ' he is my brother' here is ...is a predicate? and, we always find predicate after the subject?

  • Danny Clark July 25, 2016 10:46

    Dear Afro! Let me start answering your question and see if I am able to do it. Ha-ha!

    First, BEING itself can't be a predicate. As I have already said it is a part of a predicate in the passive progressive tenses:

    The house is being constructed.

    The hous was being constructed.

    Then, how to know when BE, HAVE and DO are used as auxiliaries or as notional/lexical verbs. It depends on the sentence.

    Look, here are  two sentences:

    I have a dog.

    I have adopted a dog.

    In the first sentence HAVE is a notional verb. It means I own a dog.

    In the second sentence HAVE is an auxiliary. It means nothing, just forms the present perfect tenses. The notional verb is ADOPT.
    Afro said:

    Hum, you are great. So, it places next to subject...so, am, is are, have been, being are predicates....any differences between auxiliary and predicate...and how can I difine them. If you are busy, you can tell after reaching home. Thanks a lot
    Maybe Or May be.
    Hello all,  I usually use may be in my sentences in form of separate words (not joined, may be). And also, I see in many websites and newspapers th…
  • bet July 21, 2016 17:39
    Nice to know. I could not say in which airport we landed. But it was miami airport from where we flight back to nyc. Okay, now it is not that important but important is you should not forget to tell me about predicate....lol. thanks for your help.
  • Danny Clark July 21, 2016 16:30

    OK, I will tell you about the flight. If we took a non-stop flight, it would take us 9 hours to get from Kiev to NYC. But our plane lands in Shennon, Ierland.So, it will take us abot 11 hours to get to NYC. There we will have to move to another airport and board a plane that will take us to Tampa, Florida. But we don't live in Tampa. So, our friends or employees will have to pick us up there and take us home.

  • bet July 21, 2016 15:08
    Then ask tanya, hahHa. But why it takes 11 hours...it takes 13 and a half hour from dubai to ny. Is kiev. So far from florida.
  • Danny Clark July 21, 2016 14:23

    Dear, I am not busy! But I have to think how to make myself clear

  • bet July 21, 2016 14:23
    Opps. Know that means main verbs also predicate
  • bet July 21, 2016 14:22
    Hum, you are great. So, it places next to subject...so, am, is are, have been, being are predicates....any differences between auxiliary and predicate...and how can I difine them. If you are busy, you can tell after reaching home. Thanks a lot
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