write
‘write’ and ‘write down’
When you write something or write it down, you use a pen or pencil to make words, letters, or numbers on a surface. The past tense of write is wrote. The -ed participle is written.
I wrote down what the boy said.
Her name was written on the back of the photograph.
writing a letter
When you write a letter to someone, you write information or other things in a letter and send it to the person. When you use write like this, it has two objects. If the indirect object is a pronoun, it usually goes in front of the direct object.
We wrote them a little note to say thanks.
I wrote him a very nice letter.
If the indirect object is not a pronoun, it usually goes after the direct object, with to in front of the indirect object.
I wrote a letter to my sister asking her to come.
She wrote a note to the teacher.
You can also omit the direct object. If you write to someone, you write a letter to them.
She wrote to me last summer.
I wrote to the manager and complained.
American speakers often omit the ‘to’.
If there is anything you want, write me.
She wrote me that she was feeling much better.
You can put ‘I am writing...’ at the beginning of a letter to introduce the topic you are writing about.
Dear Sir, I am writing to enquire about job opportunities in your organization.
Be careful
Don't put ‘I write...’ Don't say, for example, ‘I write to enquire about job opportunities’.
Don't put ‘I write...’ Don't say, for example, ‘I write to enquire about job opportunities’.