[PLUG-TALK] begging the question

Russell Johnson russj at dimstar.net
Sun Oct 4 20:31:57 UTC 2009


The construct that bugs the hell out of me is 'You've got mail!'.

If you expand the contraction, it's 'You have got mail!', which does  
not sound right. At the same time, 'You've mail!', nor 'You got mail!'  
don't sound right. So, if my grammar is correct, the only correct way  
would be 'You have mail!'

Or am I all wet... :)

Russell Johnson
russj at dimstar.net







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