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1.write后面可以接双宾语。例如：Don't forget to write me all the news. 和They wrote us a report last month. 也往往只用间接宾语而不用直接宾语，如I shall write you again soon和They wrote us last month。有人以为该在write和wrote后面加上to。假使write的直接宾语是一个以that引导的从句，也有人以为该用to。例如：They wrote to us that they were coming to see the show.

上面各句都不可改作被动语态，如不可说We were written a report (by them) last month或You will be written again soon，也不可说A report was written us (by them) last month。可以改作：

• We received a report from them last month.
• You will be written to again soon.
• A report was written to us (by them) last month.

但第二句和第三句不很自然。

2.I（或We）write to...（不定式）和I am（或We are）writing to...（不定式）都用在信的开首，作“我（们）写这信，目的在于…”解。

3.I shall write to him to tell about her可能有两个意思：“我将写信给他，告诉他关于她的事。”或“我将写信给他，请他告诉我关于她的事。”改成下面两句当然便明白了：

• I shall write to tell him about her.
• I shall write to ask him to tell (me) about her.

下面两句当然也很明白：

• I shall write to him to come immediately. （他“来”，不是我“来”。write后面的to改作for也可以）
• I shall write to him to answer his questions. （我“答”，不是他“答”）

4.下面两句意思相同：

• He has written (to say) that he is in town.
• He writes (to say) that he is in town.

5.He wrote to her in London和He wrote to her from London意思不同。第一句里的in London修饰her。