Talk:write

Usage note

The transitive AmE use with the recipient as the grammatical object is shown in the following example from the New Yorker : I had written my mother about all this ( 1987 ). This construction, formerly standard in BrE, is now in restricted use unless accompanied by a second (direct) object, as in I shall write you a letter as soon as I land in Borneo. --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:43, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

In American English, you can write (to) someone: She writes me every month. You write someone a letter, ✗Don’t say: *Please write to me a letter soon. Write is often used in the progressive: I am writing to tell you something important.--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:24, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

If the indirect object is a pronoun, it usually goes in front of the direct object. If the indirect object is not a pronoun, it usually goes after the direct object with to in front of the indirect object, Once a week she wrote a Jetter to her husband. --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:52, 22 August 2021 (UTC)