reply to my mail.

[keannu]

It seems "mail" here means "email", but I never heard it to be used as "email". Can "mail" and "email" be exchanged? Isn't "mail" always "postal mail in a material form"?

30)Thank you for your quick reply to my mail.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It seems "mail" here means "email", but I never heard it to be used as "email". Can "mail" and "email" be exchanged? Isn't "mail" always "postal mail in a material form"?

30)Thank you for your quick reply to my mail.

Usually, the two are separate.

 

[ahmad atshan]

i think email mean electronic mail, so we can use when we use electronic device

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

Can "mail" and "email" be exchanged?

Yes, "mail" can mean "e-mail". See definition #3 here.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think email mean electronic mail, so we can use it when we use an electronic device.

Ahmad Atshan, please remember that you must start your post with "Not a teacher" if you are trying to answer another student's question. If you read the question carefully, you will see that keannu was not asking what the meaning of "email" is. He already knows that. He was asking a different question.

In addition, remember that you must start every sentence with a capital letter, always capitalise the word "I" and end every sentence with a single appropriate punctuation mark.

 

[bhaisahab]

I invariably use "mail" when referring to an e-mail and "letter" when referring to a message received in the post.

 

[SoothingDave]

I normally do not see "mail" used to mean "email," but it is possible. If there is no chance of confusion. If someone said to me "guess what I got in the mail?" I would assume she was talking about the tangible mail that the postal service delivers.

Remember there is a BrE/AmE difference. They get their post from the Royal Mail, while we get our mail from the Postal Service.

 

[emsr2d2]

I normally do not see "mail" used to mean "email," but it is possible. If there is no chance of confusion. If someone said to me "guess what I got in the mail?" I would assume she was talking about the tangible mail that the postal service delivers.

Remember there is a BrE/AmE difference. They get their post from the Royal Mail, while we get our mail from the Postal Service.

You're right about that difference yet, perhaps surprisingly, it is AmE which uses "Guess what I got in the mail" and BrE which uses "Guess what I got in the post"!