(Did you) forget something?
In the title, does omitting the "did you" part also sound natural?

As other examples,
(Have you) got everything?
(Did you) have everything?
(Have you/did you) given/give up?
(I) gave up, (I have) given up.

I often hear (I) got it and (I) forgot, (I will) see you etc. but I am wondering how much this rule(?) is applied to other sentences.
Maybe the omitting rule is associated with how commonly those phrases are used? or any other rules?

Thank you

Question

(Did you) forget something?
In the title, does omitting the "did you" part also sound natural?

As other examples,
(Have you) got everything?
(Did you) have everything?
(Have you/did you) given/give up?
(I) gave up, (I have) given up.

I often hear (I) got it and (I) forgot, (I will) see you etc. but I am wondering how much this rule(?) is applied to other sentences.
Maybe the omitting rule is associated with how commonly those phrases are used? or any other rules?

Thank you

Answer

Hello Jun,

It is true that in colloquial spoken English you may not hear the least important words of the phrase. This is particularly common with 'got' phrases, and introductions and not so common with others. e.g.. "got it!, got some?, got everything?" or "alright? everything ok?" etc...

HOWEVER, this is only spoken english and does not apply to written versions of the language.

In English it can often APPEAR that we are not saying a word in a phrase because we only STRESS the most important words in a sentence. So, if spoken fast, can be misinterpreted to omit certain words when, in reality, they have been spoken but just not heard....  I hope this makes sense?