Usage of "reply": Please reply to me or reply me (used in formal tone) [closed]
Which usage is correct?
- Please reply to me as soon as possible.
- Please reply me as soon as possible.
In my understanding, people say, "Please reply my mail..." What about the ones I wrote above? I always confused by prepositions. :P
This is the website I found online: http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/reply-me-soon-reply-soon.2846546/
Thank you!
Solution 1:
I don't know where you see "reply my mail". I don't encounter that in America.
Some dictionaries show reply as only an intransitive verb (one that does not take a direct object).
Some mention a transitive usage, but only with a "that" clause (She replied that she was going to come.)
Those that include a transitive usage show examples where the direct object is the content of the reply, not the addressee or the message being responded to.
So, no, I would NOT consider
- Please reply my email [message]. NOR
- Please reply me.
to be grammatically correct.
Both of them require "to".