meaning: remind and remember
These two verbs are not the same. Reminding somebody means ‘making somebody remember’. Compare:
Remind me to pay the milkman, (NOT Remember me to pay …)
I’m afraid I won’t remember to pay the milkman.
This sort of weather reminds me of my home, (NOT This sort of weather
remembers me …)
This sort of weather makes me remember my home.
But note the special use of remember in Remember me to your parents and similar sentences.
structures
After remind, we can use an infinitive structure (for actions) or a Zfzflf-clause (for facts).
Please remind me to go to the post office, (NOT Please remind me of going…) I reminded him that we hadn’t got any petrol left.
remind … of…
We use remind… of to say that something/somebody makes us remember the past, or things that have been forgotten.
The smell of hay always reminds me of our old house in the country.
(NOT … reminds me our old house …)
Remind me of your phone number.
We can also use remind … of to talk about similarities.
She reminds me of her mother. (= She is like her mother.)
remind
• structures and preposition see remind.2 , see adverb position 5: emphasising adverbs
• and remember see remind.1
For more information consult a good dictionary like Langman, Oxford, Merriam Webster, or Collins.