"bring me" or "bring to me"?

[Alexandre Derezhenko]

I'm at a loss as to whether "to" should be used before "me" in the sentence: "What else could you bring ... me?"
Could anyone explain, please?

[ebb]

"to" isn't needed. "me" is an indirect object ... you bring a cake (direct object) [TO] me (indirect).

Or, "you brought me a cake for my birthday!!"

I think (I hate to say always in English ... it's never right ) that you can always rewrite a phrase with an indirect object (object will be a person), to use a preposition instead, typically "to" -- so either could work.

Bring me that book!

Bring t

[Alexandre Derezhenko]

Thank you, Ebb, for your prompt reply. Somehow the end of it seemed unfinished to me Am I to understand the last phrase as "Bring to me that book?" or else "Bring that book to me"? Or maybe both?
P.S. I wonder why instead of changing the fonts colour some unwanted square bracketed captions pop up?

[Tdol]

Bring me that book
Bring that book to me
Bring to me that book (It might be used under some rather forced circumstances, but I'd avoid it)

Re colours- how are you changing the colours? The square brackets are BB code, the equivalent of <> in html.

[Peter Petuhov]

Yes, easy as pie and granted. But.

How about this lyrics by Blackmore's night, album Village Lantern 2006, the song is called World of Stone:

Bring TO me all of my arrows,
Bring TO me my crossbow, too;
I fear we might need them both
Before this night is through.

Are they just breaking the common rule, or does it bring any special sense to the song?

[orangutan]

Yes, easy as pie and granted. But.

How about this lyrics by Blackmore's night, album Village Lantern 2006, the song is called World of Stone:

Bring TO me all of my arrows,
Bring TO me my crossbow, too;
I fear we might need them both
Before this night is through.

Are they just breaking the common rule, or does it bring any special sense to the song?

I think it is postponing (more technically, extraposing) the direct object for emphasis. (And also, no doubt, to fit the music.)