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by sivaelectric » Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:06 am
I don't think GMAT would be biased towards anyone of these? If it is like that please suggest which one is right.
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by Frankenstein » Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:35 am
Hi,
According to OG: Maybe and perhaps are interchangeable; perhaps is slightly more formal.
So, I don't think we can expect two options which differ only by these words.
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by subhashghosh » Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:56 am
Although I've seen option with perhaps as the correct one.
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by Jim@Grockit » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:13 am
This came up in a recent tutoring session for me: "maybe" and "may be" are not interchangeable, even though they clearly have the same root. So while "perhaps" is interchangeable with "maybe" and is slightly more formal, leave "may be" out of this.
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by HSPA » Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am
Wow... copy pasted to my dB... thanks
Jim@Grockit wrote:This came up in a recent tutoring session for me: "maybe" and "may be" are not interchangeable, even though they clearly have the same root. So while "perhaps" is interchangeable with "maybe" and is slightly more formal, leave "may be" out of this.
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