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I received mail from my colleague. He wrote,

Please be reminding that...

I am confused about this. I think it should be more passive, like this,

Please be reminded that...

Which is correct?

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  • Please provide the sentence in full context in order to receive a complete and correct answer – Juan P Apr 30 '14 at 10:48
  • Normal usage would be Please remember the forms are due tomorrow. or Please remember that the forms are due tomorrow. – Gary's Student Apr 30 '14 at 11:12
  • More information is required: in most varieties of English this is ungrammatical, but in Indian English (I believe) this may be acceptable. – jimsug Apr 30 '14 at 11:30
  • The question 'Is Please be reminded to ... a valid construction?' was addressed here. 'Please be advised that ...' is certainly common. – Edwin Ashworth Apr 30 '14 at 11:45
  • You could also say "please be mindful of..." e.g. a deadline – ars-longa-vita-brevis Apr 30 '14 at 12:22
  • @msam, “(please) be reminded” is a passive imperative, so yes, it is passive. The active imperative would be “please remind”, which is of course not relevant here. – Janus Bahs Jacquet Apr 30 '14 at 13:55
  • ... and both 'Please be advised that ...' and 'Please be reminded that ...' are illogical (requests to a non-potential-agent), but 'Please be advised that ...' is idiomatic, meaning 'We hope you don't mind us advising you that ...'. – Edwin Ashworth Apr 30 '14 at 14:04
  • @EdwinAshworth I'd have thought that in this case both "advised" and "reminded" were stative, i.e. "(you) be advised/reminded" = "enter the state of being advised/having received advice/having been reminded" – msam Apr 30 '14 at 14:17
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    @msam The normal passives (We were informed / reminded / instructed / apprised / misinformed / taught ... that) are fine, of course. But the passive imperative ([be safe –] get inoculated // don't be fooled!) is a rare beast. 'Please be advised that ...' is accepted jargon; 'Please be reminded that ...' sounds off to me, and I've certainly never come across an adjectival (stative) interpretation of 'reminded'. – Edwin Ashworth Apr 30 '14 at 14:31
  • I can find no evidence that using *remind* instead of *remember* is characteristic of "Indian English", so I've removed the tag. – FumbleFingers Jul 03 '14 at 16:19

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The correct phrasing is "please be reminded (that)."A more common alternative is "please remember (that)," though.

"May I/we remind you that" is also an acceptable option in formal prose.

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It is always helpful to know the context of the sentence and who the intended audience is; however normally you would say "please remember that" or "I would like to remind you that."

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