Is "if I good remember" sentence correct?

**nyota** · 13-Mar-2013, 00:53

Originally Posted by emsr2d2

Are you sure you're not hearing "If I could remember ..."?

I say "If I remember rightly ..." - the phrase used by members of both sides of my family and so the one I grew up hearing.

I'm a bit confused, I thought rightly means justly or sensibly? I feel in your example it's to mean correctly, therefore, shouldn't it be right?

**emsr2d2** · 13-Mar-2013, 07:39

Originally Posted by nyota

I'm a bit confused, I thought rightly means justly or sensibly? I feel in your example it's to mean correctly, therefore, shouldn't it be right?

See definition 3 here.

**nyota** · 13-Mar-2013, 10:39

Live and learn. Cheers emsr2d2.

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