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I would never say that sentence without the "here." I might say, "Has the mailman come yet?" And in fact, I would probably say, "Did you get the mail yet?" or "Did the mailman come yet?" or "Did the mail arrive?"metal56 wrote:I'm told that the "here" is necessary/cannot be omitted in AmEng in the following question:
Has the mailman been (here)?
Is that true?
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In BrEng, one would normally hear:
Has the postman been?
JuanTwoThree wrote:"been" seems to mean "gone/come to a place and done what is usually done there by that person".
I agree. Here "delivered", "visited", etc..
Thanks.Lorikeet wrote:I would never say that sentence without the "here." I might say, "Has the mailman come yet?" And in fact, I would probably say, "Did you get the mail yet?" or "Did the mailman come yet?" or "Did the mail arrive?"metal56 wrote:I'm told that the "here" is necessary/cannot be omitted in AmEng in the following question:
Has the mailman been (here)?
Is that true?
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In BrEng, one would normally hear:
Has the postman been?
I concur and was born and have lived 92.3% of my life in the U.S.I would never say that sentence without the "here."
Thanks.elodde wrote:In America we would require here.
British Eng is different (we would never say something like "did do" either) so it may work there, but not here.
Lorikeet wrote:I would never say that sentence without the "here." I might say, "Has the mailman come yet?" And in fact, I would probably say, "Did you get the mail yet?" or "Did the mailman come yet?" or "Did the mail arrive?"metal56 wrote:I'm told that the "here" is necessary/cannot be omitted in AmEng in the following question:
Has the mailman been (here)?
Is that true?
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In BrEng, one would normally hear:
Has the postman been?
I've heard Americans and Canadians say Did you...yet? but wouldn't expect to hear it in British English. I don't know if Australians, New Zealanders or South Africans would say it. Actually, I don't think any Antipodeans post here, which is a shame.Is it possible to say: "Did you get the mail yet?" or "Did the mailman come yet?"? I surely don't think so!
It is amazing how ignorant people are to the world's Englishes, though we are all pretty sure based on our own what is correct or incorrect.oceanbreeze wrote: Is it possible to say: "Did you get the mail yet?" or "Did the mailman come yet?"? I surely don't think so!