PHÂN BIỆT MAYBE/ PERHAPS/ POSSIBLY
- Maybe
Hay được dùng trong ngữ cảnh thân mật
• Maybe we’ll go to the show in the evening.
• Maybe I’ll drop you home.
• Maybe he’ll do me a favour.
• “Are you sure you want to cancel the appointment today?” - “Maybe, I don’t know” - Perhaps
Nghĩa trung lập, có thể sử dụng trong cả ngữ cảnh thân mật lẫn trịnh trọng
• Perhaps we will make another attempt.
• There were 200, perhaps 250, people in the conference.
• Her latest movie is perhaps her best. - Possibly
Chủ yếu dùng với sắc thái trịnh trọng
• ‘Do you think she will marry him?’ ‘Hmm. Possibly not.’
• I may possibly accept that job.
• ‘Do you have enough money to buy a drink?’ ‘Possibly’. (=I think so; I am not exactly sure.)
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