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Xinfu
December 07, 2015, 12:42 AM
For natives:

Could I use from? (or leave it blank?)

-Please send out the message, and save your teacher __ letters. (=save him the effort of writing letters to tell others.)

Rusty
December 07, 2015, 02:49 PM
Do not leave it blank.

In the blank, write 'writing' or the more complete 'the effort of writing'.

Xinfu
December 10, 2015, 06:21 AM
Thanks. Is

-Save him writing...

the same as

-Save his writing...

wrholt
December 10, 2015, 03:16 PM
Thanks. Is

-Save him writing...

the same as

-Save his writing...

No.

"Save him writing" = "save him (the effort of) writing".

"Save his writing" = "save what he wrote".