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[hela]

Dear teachers,

In English is it more idiomatic to say �don�t you remember your old friends now?� than �you forget your old friends now?�
If this is the case, would you please tell me if there is a reason why English would rather use :
a) the verb �not remember� (negative) instead of �forget� (affirmative)?
b) the interrogative form rather the affirmative form, even in informal language?

All the best,
Hela