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.
> [1] These are possible, but inelegant in most contexts.
They become much better with a non-pronominal NP; "He wrote his friend a
letter" and "He wrote a letter to his friend" are equally happy.
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