There maybe trouble ahead!

[Simon G]

Sorry, I've not thought about the question yet... I've been trying to decide if "There may be trouble' and 'There maybe trouble' mean the same thing and if they do when might you use one over the other.

 

[Leni]

Sorry, I've not thought about the question yet... I've been trying to decide if "There may be trouble' and 'There maybe trouble' mean the same thing and if they do when might you use one over the other.

I was wondering if ‘there maybe trouble’ makes grammatical sense, I don’t think it does

 

[Simon G]

I was wondering if ‘there maybe trouble’ makes grammatical sense, I don’t think it does

Well I would say 'may be' ... but maybe 'maybe' makes sense too, it might not be common use but it sort of makes sense but it maybe suggests something slightly different .. maybe there will be trouble?

I'm not sure, I don't want to say it's wrong and be that guy pointing it out.

 

[Mr Ripple]

 

[BigCloud]

Maybe everyone on the estate has

or maybe they have all gone to get a good clean up

 

[zouzounaki]

I was wondering if ‘there maybe trouble’ makes grammatical sense, I don’t think it does

Well I would say 'may be' ... but maybe 'maybe' makes sense too, it might not be common use but it sort of makes sense but it maybe suggests something slightly different .. maybe there will be trouble?

I'm not sure, I don't want to say it's wrong and be that guy pointing it out.

don’t worry @Leni already did.

maybe is an adverb. so you’d need to say it like “maybe there will be trouble ahead, or maybe there won’t”.

 

[Miss Pepper]

The garden centre I use has limited it trollies as a way of monitoring how many people are inside, plus doing a headcount on the way in / out.

Wouldn't be surprised if supermarkets did the same.

 

[Leni]

don’t worry @Leni already did.

maybe is an adverb. so you’d need to say it like “maybe there will be trouble ahead, or maybe there won’t”.

I was waiting for you to pipe up! @Simon G started it ‘There maybe trouble’ is structured wrong... it’s unclear. You’d say ‘there may be trouble’ or ‘there might be trouble’ but ‘there maybe trouble’.... mmmmm. What a waste of time, going to university, I can’t remember what I learnt

 

[zouzounaki]

The garden centre I use has limited it trollies as a way of monitoring how many people are inside, plus doing a headcount on the way in / out.

Wouldn't be surprised if supermarkets did the same.

the waitrose near me were doing the same. they also disinfect all the trolleys before they go back out. i was surprised when i had to go to the tesco and it was like every man for himself at the trolley stand, all they’d left out was a bottle of sanitiser and a big kitchen roll on a table.

 

[zouzounaki]

I was waiting for you to pipe up! @Simon G started it ‘There maybe trouble’ is structured wrong... it’s unclear. You’d say ‘there may be trouble’ or ‘there might be trouble’ but ‘there maybe trouble’.... mmmmm. What a waste of time, going to university, I can’t remember what I learnt

You could switch it round to “trouble there, maybe.” but then the meaning would be different.