Presentazione 13
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Remember and remind
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Remember and
remind
To Remember Someone/ something from a time in the past.
• - I remember the look on Gary's face as he walked out the door.
• - He remembered the man well.
You can use either an -ing form or a to-infinitive after remember, but with different meanings. If your mind has an impression of something you did in the past, you say that you remember doing it.
• - I remember asking one of my sons about this.
• - He remembered to turn the gas off.
To RemindWhen something or somebody makes you think of a person or a thing If you remind someone of a fact or event that they already know about, you say something which causes them to think about it.She reminded him of two appointments.You do not need to remind people of their mistakes.You can remind someone that something is true.I reminded him that we had a wedding to go to on Saturday.If you remind someone to do something, you tell them again that they should do it, or you mention to them that they had intended to do it.She reminded me to wear the visitor's badge at all times.Remind me to speak to you about Davis.
Be Careful!Don't say that you 'remind someone of doing' something.If someone or something reminds you of another person or thing, they are similar to that other person or thing and make you think about them.Your son remind of you at his age.must use of in a sentence like this.
The differences
The two verbs “to remember” and “to remind” are slightly different and this is why non-native speakers often get confused.
“To remember” is intransitive and is the equivalent of “ricordarsi”: it is used when someone remembers something (or remembers to do something) without any help.
For example: “I remembered to go to the doctor”, which means “Mi sono ricordato di andare dal dottore”.
The verb “to remind”, on the other hand, is transitive and is the equivalent of “ricordare”;
for example: “My wife reminded me to go to the doctor” (“Mia moglie mi ha ricordato di andare dal dottore”).
The differences
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