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   alexander koryagin to Andrey Kalinovskiy   
   Explain to me please...-ERROR?   
   18 May 15 23:50:03   
   
   Hi, Andrey Kalinovskiy!   
   I read your message from  18.05.2015 13:00   
   about Re: Explain to me please...-ERROR?.   
      
      
   AK> I think it's correct to write "explain me, please" without "to". Yes or no?   
      
   My Oxford Advanced Dictionary told me this:   
      
   -----Beginning of the citation-----   
   explain   
      
   1 [transitive,intransitive] to tell sb about sth in a way that makes it easy   
   to understand   
   ~ (sth) (to sb)  First, I'll explain the rules of the game.   
   It was difficult to explain the problem to beginners.   
   'Let me explain!' he added helpfully.   
   ~ that... I explained that an ambulance would be coming soon.   
   ~ who, how, etc... He explained who each person in the photo was.   
   Can you explain how the email system works?   
   ~ to sb who, how, etc... She explained to them what to do in an emergency.   
   + speech 'It works like this,' she explained.   
   it is explained that... It was explained that attendance was compulsory.   
   ----- The end of the citation -----   
      
   So, "explain to me" IMHO is correct.   
      
   Bye, Andrey!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
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