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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       ENGLISH_TUTOR 2015              --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox        * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)    |
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