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This may be the place means it's possible that this is the place. The other kind of modal meaning, called the Deontic sense, refers to obligation and permission, and is social, not logical. This is a case of deontic may, which refers to permission -- She may attend the ball, provided she keeps her shoes on all night.
maybe is an adverb, meaning perhaps or possibly. may be is a verbal construction, formed of the modal verb may and the verb be, which can be used in sentences like “he may be in the office today”. Note that, if you were to rewrite this sentence with maybe, you would say “maybe he is in the office today”.
8. It refers to different ways of saying tomato. It means it doesn't matter whether you say it with a different accent, it's still the same thing. So the expression means: it doesn't matter.
He may have visited Italy before settling in Nuremberg. But there is a distinction between may have and might have in certain contexts. If the truth of a situation is still not known at the time of speaking or writing, either of the two is acceptable: By the time you read this, he may have made his decision.
As no time was supplied, it might be compromised to be high noon August 18, 2011. I guarentee you though, it definitely means before the end of the business day August 18, 2011, whatever hour that may be, and more than likely does not mean until midnight the following day unless they have 24 hour receiving.
Without additional information, 'due by MM-DD-YYYY' has a fair chance of meaning: Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on that date - that is, before the specified day ends. Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on the previous date - that is, before the specified day begins.
The use of may not to mean must not makes it sound less authoritative, though it is an abuse of the language. The use of may conveys the meaning of may or may not. So in a military setting, you would expect the use of must not only from the higher authority.
2. I frequently write sermons. A common way to offer people a blessing is to start with the phrase "May you" as in "May you always have peace in your heart." When I run the spell / grammar check in MS Word, this phrase almost always gets flagged as ungrammatical unless I use a question mark at the end. Clearly, I'm not using this phrase as a ...
As in as on May 16 means such as; like and is used for comparison. As of May 16, 2012 cigarettes are banned in this country. As on May 16, he again failed to attend the conference. Back to your specific example. In your case as of makes more sense because you want to say that the sheet covers cost from May 16 on.
The meaning of the above example is that the offers to help were happily accepted even though they were late or delayed. Further similar examples (hopefully self-explanatory): Those few precious memories, treasured as they were, were tossed aside in a fit of rage.