Kata maybe dan perhaps adalah kata keterangan yang artinya ‘mungkin’ atau ‘barangkali’. Walaupun artinya sama, penggunaan keduanya berbeda.
Kata maybe digunakan dalam situasi nonformal (misalnya saat mengobrol dengan teman) sedangkan kata perhaps digunakan dalam situasi formal seperti dalam surat bisnis, rapat, atau ketika bertemu dengan orang baru.
Contoh-contoh kalimatnya bisa Anda lihat di bawah ini.
Maybe:
Maybe I’ll come tomorrow.
Maybe that is true.
John, maybe I am wrong.
Perhaps:
Perhaps we will open a new branch in New York this year.
Perhaps you come early.
Perhaps I will participate in the race.
Semoga penjelasan singkat di atas membantu Anda yang belum tahu penggunaan kata maybe dan perhaps secara benar.
Kata maybe digunakan dalam situasi nonformal (misalnya saat mengobrol dengan teman) sedangkan kata perhaps digunakan dalam situasi formal seperti dalam surat bisnis, rapat, atau ketika bertemu dengan orang baru.
Contoh-contoh kalimatnya bisa Anda lihat di bawah ini.
Maybe:
Maybe I’ll come tomorrow.
Maybe that is true.
John, maybe I am wrong.
Perhaps:
Perhaps we will open a new branch in New York this year.
Perhaps you come early.
Perhaps I will participate in the race.
Semoga penjelasan singkat di atas membantu Anda yang belum tahu penggunaan kata maybe dan perhaps secara benar.
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