explain

[Anglika]

To me the only acceptable form would be "He explained the risk to me"

All the others sound awkward

[Mad-ox]

hi again.


How about "He explained to me that the book is boring."

Is this form correcxt?

m

[Humble]

Tnx, everybody.
Nice to learn sth new. Then it’s the same with other verbs followed by to, isn’t it – describe, listen. Now I see I made a false analogy with (to??) other verbs:
Give me the knife. Show us the picture.
Give the knife to me. Show the picture to us( not to them; or to us, too)
Cheers