3.77 indirect objects with 'to'

If you want to put the indirect object in a prepositional phrase, you use the preposition 'to' with some verbs, especially ones where the direct object is something which is transferred from one person to another.

• Mr Schell wrote a letter the other day to the New York Times.
• I had lent my apartment to a friend for the weekend.
• I took out the black box and handed it to her.

Here is a list of verbs which can have an indirect object introduced by 'to':

• accord, advance, award, bring, deal, feed, forward, give, grant, hand, lease, leave, lend, loan, mail, offer, owe, pass, pay, play, post, quote, read, rent, repay, sell, send, serve, show, sing, take, teach, tell, write