❌ EXPLAIN ME Don’t say, “Explain me.” A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. And changing one small thing will make your English sound more natural. In English, explain needs an object with to. So don’t say “Can you explain me this problem?” ✅ Instead, you can say, “Can you explain this to me?” Here are some more examples: “Please explain the rules to me.” “The teacher explained the homework to us.” “He explained the situation to his boss.” If you want to use me direc