Sentence Correction

Hi All,

In the below question OG-11, Q23....the reason to kick out A and C as given by OG is that "Maybe is unidiomatic". Can someone please tell is

a) Maybe is unidiomatic only when the split is between "Maybe" and Probably.

b) or Maybe = always wrong in GMAT....or there are some specific cases when may be is wrong....I have seen some questions in OG where they select the right answer with "Maybe"....Can someone please tell why "Mabe" is unidiomatic here.

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Of all the possible disasters that threaten American agriculture, the possibility of an adverse change in climate is maybe the more difficult for analysis.
(A) is maybe the more difficult for analysis
(B) is probably the most difficult to analyze
(C) is maybe the most difficult for analysis
(D) is probably the more difficult to analyze
(E) is, it may be, the analysis that is most difficult

but u have another reason to pick correct option; to analyse vs for analysis

maihuna wrote:but u have another reason to pick correct option; to analyse vs for analysis

Yes...sure...but I want to understand this "may be" concept....

Can someone please help.

i think there is no as such rule for "may be" concept..
here may be is not the reason to select the right option... in some question, it might be possible that answer choice with "may be" can be the correct one..
we can not remember each and every rue of grammar, but we can learn the major ones and use them wisely to get the correct answer to some exceptions..

i would like to know the rule for this if it exists...

ketkoag wrote:i think there is no as such rule for "may be" concept..
here may be is not the reason to select the right option... in some question, it might be possible that answer choice with "may be" can be the correct one..
we can not remember each and every rue of grammar, but we can learn the major ones and use them wisely to get the correct answer to some exceptions..

i would like to know the rule for this if it exists...

the reason to kick out A and C as given by OG is that "Maybe is unidiomatic".

I am not sure why it is unidiomatic...there are some questions in which OG uses "Maybe" in correct option.

As per another post of Ron....Maybe when used together is wrong in GMAT...that's why A and C are wrong....

Can there be any other reason to kick out A and C ?