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Vitalii Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Are both correct?

keep going to use it AND keep on going to use it
  

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Vitalii keep going to use it AND keep on going to use it Please post a complete sentence. I cannot think of a sentence with either one of your fragments. He will keep on using his old computer, even though it is very slow.

  • Vitalii keep going to use it AND keep on going to use it Please post a complete sentence.
  • I cannot think of a sentence with either one of your fragments.
  • He will keep on using his old computer, even though it is very slow.
  • She keeps on wearing that old coat.
  • George keeps going to his doctor's old office, even though his doctor moved two years ago.
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Vitaliikeep going to use it AND keep on going to use it
Please post a complete sentence. I cannot think of a sentence with either one of your fragments.

He will keep on using his old computer, even though it is very slow.
She keeps on wearing that old coat.
George keeps going to his doctor's old office, even though his do
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Maybe I should have named my question 'Are both the same' or 'What's the difference' ?
She keeps on going to a gym on evenings AND She keeps going to a gym on evenings
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She keeps on going to the gym every evening because all her friends go there.
She keeps going to the gym every evening because all her friends go there.

There is not much difference in the meaning.
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Vitalii Are both correct?
Both "keep" and "keep on" are correct before a verb in -ing and signal no difference in meaning. While "keep (on) going to" (with "going to" of the future) can, in principle, be correctly followed by a verb, it's hardly ever used. The vast majority of cases of "keep (on) going to" are those in which "going" expresses literal

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