You've been grammatically wrong :)
[From BoingBoing]
"You've got mail" should be "you have mail." The "have" contracted in phrases like this is merely an auxiliary verb indicating the present perfect tense, not an expression of possession. It is not a redundancy. Compare: "You've sent the mail."
Smarty-pants...
1 comment:
So the correct grammar is: "You have mail, but it has been sent by a strangely pie-eyed Meg Ryan"? or "You have mail that has been sent to you, but Meg Ryan seems doped out of her head and I think you need to call the police"?
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