Timeline for Indirect questions: Can you explain how you will or how will you?
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| Mar 19, 2021 at 13:25 | answer | added | BillJ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 12:16 | comment | added | BoldBen | It can't be "explain me" becasue 'me' is intended to be the recipient of the action of explanation and 'how you will do that" is what will be explained. The verb "explain" in this case has two objects, a direct one (what will be explained) and an indrect one (the person to whom the explanation will be given). The indrect object is indicated by being in the 'dative case' which, in English, is constructed by placing the preposition 'to' in front of it. | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 10:01 | comment | added | KillingTime | I'd say "Can you explain to me how..." | |
| Mar 19, 2021 at 9:46 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 19, 2021 at 9:44 | history | asked | Lucy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |