Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed

date posted 28th November 2007 15:21

On Wednesday 28 November 2007 16:43:37 Phillip Healey wrote:

> Maybe is simply a concatenation of the words 'may' and 'be'. SO strictly
> speaking 'may be' is more correct thant 'maybe'!
> Or may be not!

The OED tells me it's a shortening of "it may be" and has been around
for hundreds of years: "maybe" is the correct spelling whichever way
you slice it.