| Former-Teacher | Date: Saturday, 18.12.2010, 08:53 | Message # 1 |
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| 'To remind of' and 'to remind about'.
These word-combinations are used differently.
When you want to describe a past event or action or things done, you should use 'remind of', e.g.:
'It reminds me of my school years when I used to be careless.'
'He reminded me of what I had promised some days before.'
When you refer to a future event or actions or things to be done, you should use 'remind about', e.g.:
'Please, remind me about the meeting on Friday.'
'Don't worry, I will remind him about the appointment.'
Russian learners often misuse these word-combinations. Besides, Russian learners often forget about the preposition 'of' because there is no preposition in the related Russian expression.
That's why the sentence 'It reminds me some books about certain postapocaliptycal world of dictatorship ....' contains a mistake.
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