Stop saying: “Can you explain me this grammar rule?”
Say instead: “Can you explain this grammar rule to me?” · A2 · Grammar
✗ Wrong
Can you explain me this grammar rule?
✓ Correct
Can you explain this grammar rule to me?
Why?
With explain, the thing you explain comes first, and the person comes after to. You explain something to someone. Never put the person directly after explain.
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🎙️ REAL VOICES
The three correct examples below, in a real voice.
✗ The teacher explained us the homework.
✓ The teacher explained the homework to us.
✗ Please explain me how this works.
✓ Please explain to me how this works.
✗ Ethan explained Emma the map.
✓ Ethan explained the map to Emma.
Explain the thing to the person — thing first, person last.