write a love letter

Meaning

To write a letter to someone expressing your romantic feelings for them. While it can refer to a physical letter, people also use it metaphorically to describe highly romantic or appreciative messages. It is sincere and affectionate.

Examples

• He decided to write a love letter to her instead of sending a text message.

  He decided to write a love letter to her instead of sending a text message.

• I found an old shoebox in the attic filled with love letters my grandparents wrote to each other.

  I found an old shoebox in the attic filled with love letters my grandparents wrote to each other.

• You don't need to write a love letter; just tell her how you feel.

  You don't need to write a love letter; just tell her how you feel.

• She sat by the window for hours trying to write a love letter to her crush.

  She sat by the window for hours trying to write a love letter to her crush.

• In the movies, characters always write love letters when they have to say goodbye.

  In the movies, characters always write love letters when they have to say goodbye.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ He wrote a love letter for her.

  ✓ He wrote a love letter to her.

  We write letters 'to' someone, not 'for' them, unless we are writing it on their behalf.

• ✗ She is writing a loving letter.

  ✓ She is writing a love letter.

  'Loving letter' just means a warm letter, but the set expression for romantic declarations is 'love letter'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Instead of sending a quick text, he chose to ___ to her.

  💡 express romantic feelings on paper

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  write a love letter

• It's so romantic when people still ___ in the digital age.

  💡 plural form of the expression

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  write love letters