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[sleeper]

Hi, there.

Look at the following sentence.
'He writes emails to his friends every day.'

I'd like to ask you two questions about this sentence.

Question #1:
Is the word 'email' a countable noun?
Question #2:
Do you use the phrase 'write an email[emails]'?

In my opinion, the sentence sounds funny or awkward.
The sentence should be:
'He sends email to his friends every day.' or
'He emails his friends every day.'

What do you think?

I'm waiting for your answers.

Thanks.

[myprofe]

I wrote him an email this morning and he hasn't answered yet.

It is assumed that after you write an email you send it.
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