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Remember vs Remind

What is the difference between remember and remind?

You remember something yourself; someone or something reminds you, which makes you remember. Remind always needs a person after it.

Remember vs Remind at a glance

  • remember

    /rɪˈmembə/ · verb

    To keep something in your mind or bring it back into your mind yourself.

    • I can't remember where I parked the car.
    • Did you remember to lock the door?
    “remember” in the vocabulary guide
  • remind

    /rɪˈmaɪnd/ · verb

    To make someone else remember something.

    • Can you remind me to call the dentist tomorrow?
    • This song always reminds me of our summer in Spain.

How to remember it

Remind = re + mind: put it back in someone's mind. If another person or thing does it to you, it's remind.

Good to know

Patterns: remember to do something (not forget a future task), remember doing something (have a memory of the past). Remind someone to do something, remind someone of/about something, remind someone that...

Common mistakes

  • Wrong: Please remember me to buy milk.

    Right: Please remind me to buy milk.

  • Wrong: This photo remembers me of my grandmother.

    Right: This photo reminds me of my grandmother.

Quick quiz

  1. 1.Could you me about the meeting tomorrow?

  2. 2.I'll never all these new passwords.

  3. 3.Do you the name of that café we went to?

Pick the right word for each gap.

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