https://www.grammar.com/maybe_vs._may_be
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/56065/must-not-or-may-not-which-is-the-most-correct
https://preply.com/en/blog/2018/05/04/the-most-used-internet-abbreviations-for-texting-and-tweeting/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/RTFM
In this article, I will discuss the difference between these two: maybe vs. may be. I will give an example of each in a correct sentence. Plus, I will reveal a useful trick to use when you can’t decide whether may be or maybe is appropriate.
Origin:
Maybe as adverb:
Maybe I won't go back.
May be as verb phrase:
May be is a verb phrase. Maybe is an adverb. While these words contain all of the same letters, they do function as different parts of speech, and they cannot be substituted for each other. Maybe is an adverb that means possibly or perhaps. May be is a verb phrase that indicatessomething that might happen or a potential state of affairs. Since the verb phrase may be contains two separate verbs, you will alwaysremember not to use it as an adverb. Likewise, maybe is only ever an adverb, and never a verb.
The problem here is actually may, not must (or must not). May can mean either optionality or regulation:
I may stop for groceries on the way home tonight.
May I have ice cream for dessert?
Your source is using it in the "optional" sense, not the "regulation" sense, so may not would also mean it's optional. Must not, on the other hand, always means that it is forbidden.
In this context, may means that you have permission to do something, so may not means you are not permitted to do something.
should is generally interpreted less strictly, as describing a desire or strong suggestion, rather than a requirement. So should not means that they would prefer or recommend you not do something, not that it's prohibited. For example, You should not go swimming during a thunderstorm.
Sometimes these can be conflated, though. You should not drive above the speed limit, because it's against the law and you might get a ticket.
https://preply.com/en/blog/2018/05/04/the-most-used-internet-abbreviations-for-texting-and-tweeting/
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/RTFM
RTFM
- RTFM is used to express frustration at someone who asks questions to which the answers can be easily sought from another source.
For a dream to “come true” it usually may not have happened yet, meaning it is either being wished upon or anticipated to go to fruition or, it finally has happened in the present tense.
Example 1: I hope my dream will come true. (A dream being hoped or wished or anticipated upon.)
Example 2: My dream has not come true yet.
Example 3: I think your dream will come true!
Example 4: My dream has come true! (In this example it has already happened in the present tense.)
