Perhaps or Maybe or I Guess/Think - which one is correct in formal (office) email writing

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Background:

Boss: Did you get that X thing is done?
Me: Yes, that's done.
Boss: No that's not done, I am still getting calls from people asking for X?
Me: Oh, Perhaps/Maybe/I guess/I think you are asking about Y thing.

Here I was chatting with my boss, I doubt what should I use out of these if I want to make it more formal chat/email?
If none are correct, please suggest.

Elliot · Answer

To be as polite as possible you want to keep the option that it was your fault, not his.
I would use Perhaps. 
"Perhaps you are talking about 'Y'" 
Or else "I think you may be talking about 'Y'"

With these you could add "I'm sure I took care of 'X' for this reason." But be sure X is not still out there.

Perhaps or Maybe or I Guess/Think - which one is correct in formal (office) email writing

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