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you’ve got mail/you have mail: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Thursday, December 25, 2014
you’ve got mail/you have mail
The “have” contracted in phrases like this is merely an auxiliary verb, not an expression of possession. It is not a redundancy. Compare: “You’ve sent the mail.”
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