given to me vs given me

[CarloSsS]

The money was given (to) me.

According to my teacher, in the sentence above, you can omit the preposition "to". Without the preposition, the sentence sounds somewhat strange and unnatural to me. How does it sound to you? Do you think you may (have) use(d) such a structure?

The money was given me. vs The money was given to me.

[Huda-M]

(Not teacher)

Omission of 'to' makes the sentence incomplete, that's what I think!

[bhaisahab]

The money was given (to) me.

According to my teacher, in the sentence above, you can omit the preposition "to". Without the preposition, the sentence sounds somewhat strange and unnatural to me. How does it sound to you? Do you think you may (have) use(d) such a structure?

The money was given me. vs The money was given to me.

It's fine.

[robbarron]

These are both grammatically correct. Without the preposition 'to' the register is raised slightly so it sounds a bit more formal but it functionally makes no difference at all.