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If I remember correctly vs if i remember it correctly

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'If I remember correctly' is a common phrase used to express uncertainty about one's memory or recollection. On the other hand, 'if I remember it correctly' is less common and adds emphasis by specifying what is being remembered.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express uncertainty about one's memory or recollection.

"If I remember correctly"

This phrase is used when someone is not entirely sure about the accuracy of their memory and wants to qualify a statement or recollection.

Examples:

  • If I remember correctly, we met at the park last summer.
  • If I remember correctly, the meeting is scheduled for tomorrow.
  • If I remember correctly, the store closes at 9 p.m.
  • If I remember correctly You have two legs Fingers.
  • If I remember correctly, no one wants to go back there.
  • If I remember correctly, she never stole a necklace again.
  • If I remember correctly, they are my clients.
  • If I remember correctly, you seemed to accept the idea.
  • If I remember correctly, we have a wedding to prepare for.
  • If I remember correctly, your old man also worked the 21st.
  • If I remember correctly, you demanded we shoot him.
  • If I remember correctly, we had that pizza for breakfast as well.
  • If I remember correctly, it wasn't my excitement to have missed.
  • If I remember correctly the first accused was the director of Radio Maria.
  • If I remember correctly, I put a little something in your beverage.
  • If I remember correctly, you did too.
  • If I remember correctly, this is the largest panorama in Europe.
  • If I remember correctly, you coming out to Lois did not have a happy ending.
  • If I remember correctly, you were faced with the same scenario yourself.
  • If I remember correctly, you certainly knew she had a son.
  • Douglas! - If I remember correctly, you loved Cats.
  • If I remember correctly, you have two missing toes that can attest to that bag.
  • If I remember correctly, there's an accidental benefit worth about 10 grand.

Alternatives:

  • if I recall correctly
  • if my memory serves me right
  • if I'm not mistaken

This phrase is correct but less commonly used. It adds emphasis by specifying what is being remembered.

"if i remember it correctly"

This phrase is used when someone wants to be more specific about what they are remembering or recalling in a particular context.

Examples:

  • If I remember it correctly, the document was on the top shelf.
  • If I remember it correctly, the instructions were in the email.
  • If I remember it correctly, the key was under the mat.
  • if i remember it correctly
  • If I remember it said on television.
  • If I remember it said on television.
  • If I remember it correctly, the investigation concluded it was an accident.
  • And if I remember it right, someone just fired a machine gun.
  • If I remember it, see it.
  • And finally in Cancun, I've already been here fifteen years ago and walking I can't figure out if I remember it or if I confuse with other tourist cities made with the same stencil, perhaps in a another continent or planet.
  • But then you were working as a cocktail waitress if I remember it correctly?
  • that I can't remember my past because he thinks that if I remember it, I'll become unhappy.
  • If I remember, it was a postman.
  • If I remember well it was 1985.
  • If I remember well it was twelve hours a week of drawing cubes.
  • Yes, Victor, if I remember, it wasn't just a pork stew.
  • If I remember, it was about 90 degrees at show time with about 85% humidity.
  • If I remember correctly it was the Commission that proposed it as a way out of the impasse.
  • I might have one for you, if I can remember it.
  • There was more foolery yet, if I could remember it.
  • I might have one for you, if I can remember it.
  • It's not as if I can remember it.
  • If I remember correctly, it wasn't my excitement to have missed.
  • If I remember correctly, it was at a party at Dr Goebbels' home.

Alternatives:

  • if I remember correctly
  • if I recall correctly
  • if my memory serves me right

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