[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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