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FF_Redux
06/06/20 9:53:11 AM
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averagejoel
06/06/20 9:54:05 AM
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they're both pretty vague, but "maybe not" is less likely than "maybe"

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TwoDoorPC
06/06/20 9:54:21 AM
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maybe

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Vicious_Dios
06/06/20 9:54:29 AM
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Perhaps, perhaps not.

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Southernfatman
06/06/20 9:54:52 AM
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Wii_Shaker
06/06/20 9:57:07 AM
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Depends on context.

Me: Would it be weird if I took my shirt off?
Her: Maybe not.

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lilORANG
06/06/20 9:57:25 AM
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Miletus
06/06/20 9:58:20 AM
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Maybe and Maybe not do not mean the same thing, because of context.
Without context, they are equivalent.
However, with context, "maybe so" is the full-form, and conveys 50% with probability leaning towards 51%, or that the speaker thinks positively towards the possibility. Maybe not indicates 49%.

As such, context spoils the equivalence. Have a great day!

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NeonOctopus
06/06/20 9:58:21 AM
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I always figured maybe as a 60% chance, and maybe not as a 40% chance >_>

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InfinityMonster
06/06/20 10:00:38 AM
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Vivec
06/06/20 10:02:36 AM
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denotatively, sure. Connotatively, not really no

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AlephZero
06/06/20 10:31:50 AM
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maybe go fuck yourself

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furb
06/06/20 10:37:51 AM
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One means maybe
One means anything but maybe

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Squall28
06/06/20 10:39:48 AM
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Definitely maybe

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joe40001
06/06/20 11:47:44 PM
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averagejoel posted...
they're both pretty vague, but "maybe not" is less likely than "maybe"

This is an interesting question.

You could argue the inverse, because maybe not seems to suggest the default assumption is that something is true.

It could be maybe = "40% is true" so maybe not would be "40% is not true".

I feel like you could say "maybe" for something as improbable as like a 5% chance, but you wouldn't say "maybe not" for something that has a 5% chance, you'd say something like "probably not".

I'm inclined to say "maybe is less likely than maybe not"

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