PERHAPS = PROBABLY = POSSIBLY = PRESUMABLY = MAYBE adalah sama-sama adverb yang synonymous, yaitu sama-sama berarti “mungkin atau kemungkinan“. Penggunaan kelima adverb ini juga sama, yaitu dapat ditempatkan di awal kalimat, di tengah kalimat dan juga di akhir kalimat.
Di lain pihak, MAY adalah auxiliary yang selain berarti boleh, juga dapat berarti “mungkin“. Karena merupakan sebuah auxiliary, MAY hanya boleh ditempatkan di tengah kalimat, yaitu untuk membentuk verb phrase:
MAY + VERB1, atau
MAY + BE
Yang sering membuat kita bingung adalah MAYBE dan MAY BE. Tapi, dengan memahami Perbedaan Penggunaan MAYBE dan MAY BE, maka pertanyaan di atas (i.e. di awal posting ini) akan sangat mudah dijawab. Silakan ganti adverb maybe di artikel tersebut dengan keempat adverb sinonim ini, semua kalimatnya akan benar dan memiliki makna yang sama.
Contoh lainnya:
Maybe, she is sick.
Perhaps, she is sick.
Probably, she is sick.
Possibly, she is sick.
Presumably, she is sick.
Perhaps, she is sick.
Probably, she is sick.
Possibly, she is sick.
Presumably, she is sick.
She is maybe sick.
She is perhaps sick.
She is probably sick.
She is possibly sick.
She is presumably sick.
She is perhaps sick.
She is probably sick.
She is possibly sick.
She is presumably sick.
She is sick, maybe.
She is sick, perhaps.
She is sick, probably.
She is sick, possibly.
She is sick, presumably.
She is sick, perhaps.
She is sick, probably.
She is sick, possibly.
She is sick, presumably.
NOTE: Semua kalimat di atas bermakna “mungkin dia sakit“, sedangkan semua kalimat berikut bermakna “mungkin mereka sedang berlajar di perpustakaan“.
Maybe, they are studying at the library.
Perhaps, they are studying at the library.
Probably, they are studying at the library.
Possibly, they are studying at the library.
Presumably, they are studying at the library.
Perhaps, they are studying at the library.
Probably, they are studying at the library.
Possibly, they are studying at the library.
Presumably, they are studying at the library.
They are maybe studying at the library.
They are perhaps studying at the library.
They are probably studying at the library.
They are possibly studying at the library.
They are presumably studying at the library.
They are perhaps studying at the library.
They are probably studying at the library.
They are possibly studying at the library.
They are presumably studying at the library.
They are studying at the library, maybe.
They are studying at the library, perhaps.
They are studying at the library, probably.
They are studying at the library, possibly.
They are studying at the library, presumably.
They are studying at the library, perhaps.
They are studying at the library, probably.
They are studying at the library, possibly.
They are studying at the library, presumably.
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