Soprano  +  888812 Sun, 06 Sep 09 02:54 AM Hello. I am always confused about this. I think American and British people use it in different ways. Someone is writing a letter and starts saying "I am very happy to write you". I was going to correct write TO you. But is the original wrong? Thank you! Soprano Joined on Fri, Jul 31 2009 Junior Member 98 British People, Writing, Countries, United States, Great Britain, American, Letters

	Tanit  +  889098 Sun, 06 Sep 09 08:18 AM Hi, Some years ago, my British teacher marked as wrong my closing sentence in a letter (FCE level) to a friend. I had witten "Please write me soon." I was then taught that British and American English differ on this (... write you => AmE;  ... write to you => BrE). Here are three extracts from three dictionaries. * 1 * to send a letter or similar message to someone, giving them information or expressing your thoughts or feelings: She hasn't US written me/UK written to me recently. SOURCE: Cambridge online dictionaries * 2 * to put information, a message of good wishes, etc. in a letter and send it to sb:     She wrote to him in France.   (...)     I wrote a letter to the Publicity Department. (...)     (NAmE) Write me while you’re away.     (NAmE) He wrote me that he would be arriving Monday. SOURCE: Oxford dictionary * 3 * to write a letter to someone write to      I've written to my MP, and to the city council. write somebody American English      Chris hasn't written me for a long time.      I wrote her several letters, but she didn't reply. SOURCE: Longman dictionary Tanit Joined on Mon, Jul 31 2006 Senior Member 3,037 There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. (Dante) American English, Relationships, Writing, Sentences, Countries, United States, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Online, France, American, Friendships, Friends, Letters, Languages

	Tanit  +  889112 Sun, 06 Sep 09 08:26 AM I should've added that "to" is dropped in BrE when write is followed by two objects, as in: "He wrote me a letter" (also, "He wrote a letter to me"). Tanit

	Soprano  +  890162 Mon, 07 Sep 09 02:00 AM Thank you ALL very much!!! You helped me a lot!!! Not I see it much clearer. Regards, Soprano Regards