def METHOD_NAME(self, string, preserve, attributes=[]):
    # Optimized tag writer for inlineStr cell elements in the inner loop.
    attr = ""
    t_attr = ""
    # Set the <t> attribute to preserve whitespace.
    if preserve:
        t_attr = ' xml:space="preserve"'
    for key, value in attributes:
        value = self._escape_attributes(value)
        attr += ' %s="%s"' % (key, value)
    string = self._escape_data(string)
    self.fh.write(
        """<c%s t="inlineStr"><is><t%s>%s</t></is></c>""" % (attr, t_attr, string)
    )