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Bookmark or Share- thanks for your reminding/reminder? | WordReference ForumsYou can't say 'Thanks for your reminding' and not finish with at least a direct object. That is it's possible to say just "Thanks for your reminding me." when both participants have common knowledge of the subject of the reminder. However, 'Thanks for your kind reminder.' is fine. So, it's up to you to decide which one to use.
- "need reminding" vs "need to be reminded" - WordReference ForumsIs the first one as good as the second one? "As to me, I don't need reminding about who is responsible for this project and whose duty is to fulfil it in time." "As to me, I don't need to be reminded about who is responsible for this project and whose duty is to fulfil it in time." Thanks!
- I'm reminding you vs. I remind you - WordReference ForumsYes, it's transitive, but "remind' generally* needs a person as an object, as in the eariler examples. If it's just you that is thinking of these beautiful and horrible moments, you can say:
- gentle reminder - is this phrase friendly? - WordReference ForumsYes, perhaps the problem isn't the phrase itself but that it was used too much and used unthinkingly (often in the subject line). The other thing is that I think describing a reminder as gentle comes off better from somebody other than the person doing the reminding: how does the person reminding know that it will be taken gently? In that way ...
- What would you call someone that brags about his favorsWhat would someone that has a bad habit of bragging about his favors that he made to other people be called? I.e someone that keeps reminding people of his favors and that they owe him something and demeaning them over his favors. Example: I gave my friend $500 and then i kept reminding him that...
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