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Eladio Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

An Affair to Remember

Please, someone explain me the difference between "to remember" and "to remind" through some usual sentences to compare. Thanks !!
  

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'Reminding' is an act that happens before 'remembering'. " 'Reminding' helps someone 'remember'. " When you remember, something from the past (from two seconds ago to 200 years ago, if you live that long) pops into your head.

— Nestor

  • 'Reminding' is an act that happens before 'remembering'.
  • " 'Reminding' helps someone 'remember'.
  • " When you remember, something from the past (from two seconds ago to 200 years ago, if you live that long) pops into your head.
  • You don't need to be reminded to remember--it can just happen on its own.
  • " By the way, you cannot 'remember' someone to do something.
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'Reminding' is an act that happens before 'remembering'. In one sense of the word, 'remind' means 'to keep someone from forgetting'-->"Remind me to take my medicine." 'Reminding' helps someone 'remember'. In another sense, 'remind' means 'to make you think of something similar' or 'to call into consciousness something specific from the past'-->"That song reminds me of being in high schoo
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Here's a simple rule:

"Remind" takes a person as an object. (If I forget to tell him before we leave, remind me.)

"Remember" takes a thing or a clause as an object, or no object. (I remembered to tell him, and he remembered his keys. Do you remember?)


Exception: "Remember me to your family" which means "Give your family my regards" (with the implication: "It's b
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"I remember my first boyfriend" has a person as direct object.
So does "Do you remember me?"

As Einsein said (I think it was him): "Things should be as simple as possible, but not any simpler."

I'm not saying that anyone is wrong here. It's only that sometimes one tends to oversimplify things hoping that will be more helpful but it may not always work.
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