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Rule "may be (maybe)"

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Description: may be (maybe)
Message: Did you mean maybe (= perhaps)?
Category: Possible Typo (ID: TYPOS)
Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/grammatik/britisch-grammatik/maybe-or-may-be
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This is may be the best solution.
    Correction suggestion: maybe
  • It appears this is may be some sort of an authorization problem.
    Correction suggestion: maybe
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • What's not yet done may be left undone.
  • So the way in which integrations are currently done may be quite different from the way they will be done in the future.
  • The easiest thing to do may be to handle this internally if we want a different notification at the higher threshhold.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: MAY_BE [7]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-27 22:33:07 +0200)