[Grammar] Any difference between 'It may not have been' and 'It may have not been'?

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Is there any difference in usage, meaning, connotation, style, etc. between those two patterns?

'It may not have been'

'It may have not been'

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Is there any difference in usage, meaning, connotation, style, etc. between those two patterns?

'It may not have been' ......'It may have not been'
Yes.

The first is normal usage; the second is not.
 

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Thanks, that's what I thought.
 
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