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I'm confused of these two words. 'maybe' and 'perhaps', when i can use 'maybe' and when i can use 'perhaps'. English is always confusing -_-
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'Maybe', we can say, is a rather informal word.
For example, 'Maybe we'll skip school today.'
Or: 'Are you going to Peter's party?' 'Hmmm... maybe.'
Getting to the word 'perhaps'... 'Perhaps' is, we could say, more neutral and polite. It's just a neutral way of expressing possibility.
For example: 'There were 200, perhaps 250, people at the theater'.
Or: '
"Perhaps we should start again."
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They basically mean the same. If anything, perhaps "maybe" is a little bit more casual (and maybe "perhaps" is slightly more formal).
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