Remember means to keep something in your own memory or bring it back to mind yourself; remind means to make someone else remember. Remind is almost always followed by the person being reminded: remind me, remind the team. Remind somebody of also means “to be similar to something, to make you think of it”: This song reminds me of school.
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remember + noun/-ing; remember to + verb; remind + person + to + verb; remind + person + of/about + noun
- Please remind me to call the dentist when we get home.
- I still remember meeting my first English teacher at summer camp.
- This little café reminds me of the one we found in Lisbon.
What changed
First versionCan you remember me to send the report tomorrow?
RevisionCan you remind me to send the report tomorrow?
Both verbs are about memory, so remember me to can seem logical. But remember describes what happens in your own memory, while a request to prompt someone else's memory needs remind. Only the verb changed in the correction; me to send stayed as it was.
The meaning of remember depends on what follows it. Remember to lock the door means “don't forget to lock it”. I remember locking the door means “I recall that I have already locked it”. Remind has no such pair: remind somebody to do something always refers to a task that is still ahead: She reminded me to lock the door.
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I always forget my keys, so my flatmate ___ me to take them every morning.
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reminds — The gap is followed by me, the person being reminded, and then to take. That is the pattern remind + person + to, so the answer is reminds. Remembers does not work this way: you can only remember things yourself, and English does not say remember somebody to do something.
Ask a colleague or friend to remind you about a task. Say what they should remind you about and when.
Could you remind me to book the meeting room on Thursday morning?
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