Or maybe even, "You Got Mail?" Wouldn't "You've Got Mail" be the same as "You Have Got Mail?" That doesn't sound right.
2006-06-07 12:40:02 · 20 answers · asked by Clueless 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No it doesn't sound right does it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of grammatical issues with advertising and slogans. This one comes from AOL, if I'm not mistaken. "You've Got Mail" is shorter and easier to program than "You have received some email."
2006-06-07 12:44:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's probably not grammatically correct, but I think it's based on AOL's "You've Got Mail" whenever someone sends you email. Now that I think about it, it should be "You have gotten mail."
2006-06-07 12:42:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"You've Got Mail" is perfectly correct!!
Only Americans use the term 'gotten' in place of 'got'!! But even they don't do it ALL the time, and it only has a very small place in American online dictionaries!
As the term "You've Got Mail" means that you have unread mail in your mailbox, 'You have mail' could be substituted, or 'There is unread mail in your mailbox', or even 'Mail alert!' But "You've Got Mail" is probably the best option, even if AOL did coin it first..!
; )
2006-06-07 13:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They took it from the famous AOL voice that said, "You've got mail' when you received an email in your inbox. It technically is not grammatically correct and should be "You have mail."
2006-06-07 12:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by tom_a_hawk12 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think "You've GOT Mail" is correct. I'm not positive, but I think it for sure sounds better! Plus, who cares? It's only a movie title...
2006-06-07 12:43:14 · answer #5 · answered by Leni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"You've got mail" is fine. Yes it is the same as "you have got mail" or "you have gotten mail". (Garfield, consider yourself corrected.) Gotten is more common in American usage and got is much more common in British usage, but IMH(and Canadian)O that doesn't make either wrong.
You got mail is grammatically fine as well, but doesn't necessarily include the implication that the mail is still available for viewing. It came, and then what?
2006-06-07 12:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You Have Mail Movie
2016-11-01 02:12:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I adore the movie so I wouldn't want to blasphamize here - it's incorrect grammar help to make it cute and it is quoting the voice response, "You've got Mail".
To answer your question it should be, "You have mail".
2006-06-07 12:55:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming that the phrase is applied to the present tense, the movie title and the AOL slogan are used correctly. However, if it refers to the past tense (i.e. you have gotten mail from her for the past two weeks), it is incorrect.
2006-06-07 17:15:08 · answer #9 · answered by ubershooz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got mail is acceptable, though not formal English.
2006-06-07 12:43:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋