Thanks, AlpheccaStars, I know the uses and grammatical differences; I just have a problem with classyfing the mistake. I have to correct my students' written assignments and someone has made the mistake of using 'may be' when

Hi, I've got a question, mainly to those of you who teach English. It is quite a common mistake to write 'may be' instead of 'maybe' - what type of mistake would you count it as: a spelling mistake, or just wrong word choice?

Hi, Could someone pls tell me if the sentence "As regards the exact topic of my paper, it has not been set yet" is correct? I have doubts whether the second clause fits well with the first one... thanks in advance :)

I've just realised I am not sure about the pronunciation of the word ' read ' in the idiom 'take something as read' - do you say it like the basic form of the verb, or like it's its past form? thanks in advance

I say it's the name of the festival - the Irish Chamber of Commerce already has a name (and that is 'the Irish Chamber of Commerce' ).

The are zillions of such examples (e.g. the different sounds in ea t and gr ea t). English is very irregular when it comes to its pronunciation rules. As far as I know, the reason would be the language's complicated history - it started it off