☕ 2-Minute Tip: Never say "I'll explain you..."

Published 17 days ago • 1 min read

Welcome to your 2-Minute Tip - a short, practical English lesson for your busy day. Learn it in two minutes... use it for years!

Never say "I'll explain you..."

Here's a mistake I hear all the time:

❌ I'll explain you the rules.

In English, explain is NEVER followed directly by a person.

Instead, say:

✅ I'll explain the rules to you.

✅ Let me explain the process to you.

✅ She explained the problem to me.

There's also another very common way to use "explain":

explain + that + subject + verb

✅ He explained that the meeting had been canceled.

✅ She explained that she couldn't come.

✅ I explained that I was running late.

Review:

❌ explain someone
✅ explain something to someone
✅ explain that...

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