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muni



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2003 11:49 am    Post subject: mail Reply with quote

If I want to ask my friend whether or not he received my e-mail then can I ask that "did you receive my mail"
and is it correct to say that "I mailed to yesterday"
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bud



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2003 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Muni, your first example is a good structure, but it'd be more usual to say "Did you receive my e-mail?" It's a very natural sentence.

I think you dropped a word in your second example. "I e-mailed to you yesterday." That would be ok, but more likely someone would say "I e-mailed you yesterday," or even better, "I sent you an e-mail yesterday." The preposition "to" is not needed and not usually used, although it is correct.

You've certainly learned a lot of English!
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muni



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes I dropped a word,I wanted to write "I mailed you yesterday"
Thanks for your help.
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