Send is used with different prepositions depending on destination, method, purpose, or origin.
Use send to for a destination or recipient, send by for a method or messenger, send for when requesting someone or something, and send from for an origin. In after send usually introduces a container or format, not a fixed verb-preposition pattern.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use to after send to name the person or place receiving something.
Use by to describe the delivery method, transport, or messenger.
Send for means to ask for someone or something to be brought or to come.
Send in is a phrasal verb often used for applications, reports, or entries.
Use from to mention the place, account, or sender of something.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
By usually shows method, not the person receiving something.
✕ I sent the file by my teacher. ✓ I sent the file to my teacher.Send for means request someone or something.
✕ She sent for the package to London. ✓ She sent the package to London.In is not normally used to mark the recipient after send.
✕ I sent the email in the manager. ✓ I sent the email to the manager.Use from to show where something was sent.
✕ The letter was sent Paris. ✓ The letter was sent from Paris.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. Send to is the standard pattern for naming the recipient.
Send for means to request that a person or thing come to you.
No. Send in usually means submit something officially, while send to focuses on the destination or recipient.
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