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What is the difference between ‘remember’ and ‘remind’?

What is the difference between ‘remember’ and ‘remind’?

May 24, 2013 By Nestor 4 Comments

Many learners make mistakes with the verbs remember and remind. So, in this post I am going to explain the difference.

Remember and remind have similar meanings but there is a very important difference in how they are used.

remember

If you remember something, it appears in your head. In other words, you remember something yourself.

I remember my birthday.

Did you remember to close the door?

Remember to call me next week.

I can’t remember her name.

remind

If other people remind you of things, they make you remember them. In other words, somebody else causes you to remember something.

She reminds me of my mother.

Remind me to buy you a coffee next time we go out.

You forgot to remind me about your birthday.

He reminded me that I need to get a haircut.

Dialogue

This dialogue shows the difference:

A: Did you remember to wish Anne a happy birthday?

B: Oh no. I forgot. Remind me to do it later!

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  1. Gurmeet says

    January 6, 2014 at 5:08 pm

    thanx a lot

    Reply
  2. walmyr says

    May 29, 2015 at 2:33 am

    Thank you for explane. It was very important for me. I was confuse about this.

    Reply
  3. omar ali says

    December 27, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    Thank u for explaining

    Reply
  4. Arash says

    June 7, 2019 at 1:09 pm

    Thx alot. Your explanation were the best

    Reply

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