Can I use the verb "to tell" followed by "to". For exemple:
I want to tell something to you. ????
Thanks
Bernadete
Welcome, Bernadete.![]()
[1] I want to tell you the news.
[2] I want to tell the news to you.
If we replace the noun phrase "the news" with the pronoun "it", the structure works in [3] but not in [4],
[3] I want to tell it to you.
[4] I want to tell you it.
Hope that helps.![]()