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What is the difference between possible and maybe ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between possible and maybe ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
____is possible.
Maybe ____ can/will ____.
"Maybe" is more uncertain.
"Possible" is certain that something can happen.
Space travel is possible.
Maybe we will time travel.
There are many more uses, but those are basic patterns.
Hope this helped!
- English (US)
You can usually use possibly and maybe interchangeably.
Q: Are you coming tonight?
A: Maybe
Q: Are you coming tonight?
A: Possibly
Possible and maybe are not interchangeable.
It is not possible to jump that high. (You can't say this sentence using maybe)
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