Re: "write him" was Re: More questions

John Cowan wrote:
> Tim May scripsit:

>>Here's how it works in my speech (which I imagine to be essentially
>>representative of British English, at least, in this respect).

> My 'lect agrees on all points except for "He wrote her" being grammatical.
I think most people will agree on that. In a way, it's what's most curious
about the issue - there's a single form disallowed, for a single (?) verb.
Ah, the tyrant Usage.

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