Remember about

Hello

I am a bit confused about using remember + about to express the following idea:

1. I hardly remember about Eric's birthday.
2. Do you remember about Eric's birthday? Don't forger to buy a gift.

Are these sentences OK?

Both sentences would be more natural without "about".

By the way, Eric is invariably a man's name in English, so you would be unlikely to need to buy Eric a present for her birthday. If it's Eric, then use "his". If it's Erica, use "her".

Hmmm. I don't see a "her" in the OP's post.

MikeNewYork said:

Hmmm. I don't see a "her" in the OP's post.

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It's probably because of the OP's 'forger'.

Yup, tz is right. I was reading it on my phone and I saw "don't forger to buy a gift" as "don't forget to buy her a gift". Apologies.

"Remember + about" can be used in another sense, as long as you put an indefinite pronoun between them.
"Do you remember anything about your childhood?"
"I got so drunk last night, I remember nothing about the party!"
"Try to remember something about what I taught you."
An 'about' phrase is common with 'remember' in this context.

'I don't remember much about my childhood.'
Is 'much' an indefinite pronoun?

Matthew Wai said:

'I don't remember much about my childhood.'
Is 'much' an indefinite pronoun?

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Yes
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000027.htm
I'm not suggesting that you can put just any indefinite pronoun there though.
There are other words you can put there too - though I'm not recommending them:
"I don't remember jack sh*t about my childhood" (vulgar)
The dictionary below describes this as a noun, but I'd call it an honorary indefinite pronoun in this case. There are other slang terms that could fit there too.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/jack+shit

I wouldn't use a negative there: I remember jack sh*t about my childhood.

Tdol said:

I wouldn't use a negative there: I remember jack sh*t about my childhood.

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Yes, that's more grammatical. I used the double negative (if you consider 'jack sh*t' to be a negative) because people who use this phrase are just as likely to use a double negative.