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What is the difference between maybe and perhaps ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between maybe and perhaps ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They’re adverbs that mean the same thing.
Ex.
Maybe I want to go skiing today instead.
I’ll go snowboarding or perhaps skiing today.
Maybe and perhaps can be interchanged in the above examples. Connotation-wise, perhaps sounds more formal.
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