write to me vs write for me

Both 'write to me' and 'write for me' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Write to me' is used when someone wants you to send them a written message, while 'write for me' is used when someone wants you to write something on their behalf or for their benefit.

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write to me

This phrase is correct and commonly used when someone wants you to send them a written message.

This phrase is used when someone is requesting you to communicate with them through writing, such as a letter, email, or text message.

Examples:

Could you please write to me about your travel plans?
I love receiving letters, so feel free to write to me anytime.
Don't forget to write to me when you arrive at your destination.

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I beg you, write to me the truth.
For the love of God, write to me often.
When did you come back, you should write to me.
Tell him please not to write to me again.
You're just like the nuts who write to me.
The issues that people write to me about quite often are those of press freedom, corruption and property rights.
If you need anything, write to me at the same post office box in Philadelphia.
Carter never forgot to write to me daily to send his love along with a mix tape.
My only worry is you, my dear daddy, write to me and send some money.
Look for her again, you must find her at any cost and write to me.
And there was me in Sheffield thinking you didn't want to write to me.
'My address is on this letter, so write to me if you feel like it.
Well, be a good clerk and write to me
But through all of it, Carter never forgot to write to me daily to send his love along with a mix tape.
People write to me about their personal experience, and about their examples, and where they disagree, and their nuances.
Why don't they write to me, if they miss me so much.
When my constituents write to me and say 'Look, I am not getting a good service in my constituency and I would like to travel abroad to another EU Member State to get better health services', they are uncertain of their legal position.
I am not in a position to reply to that here but if she would write to me about this in detail I will let her have a specific reply.
They tell me, they write to me: 'the same thing will happen to you in France as happened in Beirut'.
"I shall therefore silence myself," and I beg you, as I would beg to God if I believed in Him, "to write to me no more."

Alternatives:

send me a message
communicate with me in writing
drop me a line

write for me

This phrase is correct and commonly used when someone wants you to write something on their behalf or for their benefit.

This phrase is used when someone is asking you to write something for them, such as a letter, report, or article.