[Ads-l] Transitive "remind" without "of"

[Amy West]

On 10/25/24 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:53:39 -0700
> From:    Stanton McCandlish<smccandlish at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Transitive "remind" without "of"
>
> I've encountered this a handful of times before, but it was in social media
> not professional journalism.
>
> Associated Press headline, 2024-10-24: "An artist summons Superman to
> remind people the power of voting".
>
> Kind of a silly use of "summons", too, but that's another matter.
>
> https://apnews.com/article/voting-texas-superman-election-2024-178105579132580f21a0a34b2c0f01e8

Well, the verb is in fact transitive and doesn't require the "of". See 
M-W's online Collegiate.

I've found myself using it this way when speaking to students. I've 
noticed myself saying "Please remind me your name". It seems similar (to 
me) to putting a clause in as an object: "Remind me why we're doing this."

---Amy West

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