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Tenjing Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Do these make sense?

A. I kept him washing my shoes.
B. I kept him running.
Do these sentences make sense?
  

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tenjing Do these sentences make sense? I suppose they do to some extent. They seem to be the words of a slave driver with a whip.

  • tenjing Do these sentences make sense?
  • I suppose they do to some extent.
  • They seem to be the words of a slave driver with a whip.
  • CJ
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tenjingDo these sentences make sense?
I suppose they do to some extent. They seem to be the words of a slave driver with a whip.

CJ
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Please,could you show me some sentences with this form?
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tenjing Please,could you show me some sentences with this form?
I'm not sure what you're focusing on. I suppose it's the use of "keep"?

The teachers tried to keep the children quiet.
The police kept the kidnapper talking so they could trace the call.
The chairman of the "Elect Cranston" campaign kept us busy stuffing envelope
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Thank you CJ a lot. Could you please check these sentences with the passive too?
A. I kept him being punished.
B. I kept him being beaten.
What about this one?
A. He kept me do it.This doesn't make any sense right?

What are other verbs that can be used like the verb 'keep'?
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Is it correct to say,
A. Try to make him doing it.
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tenjingA. I kept him being punished.
This is not a very likely thing to say or write. Here's a more idiomatic way to say it.

I kept punishing him.
tenjingB. I kept him do it.
No, it doesn't work. Just the plain form of the verb (do) is not correct after the verb keep.
tenjing
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'I kept him being punished' could mean 'I kept someone beating him'. So,there are three people involved. Am I correct?
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I will always try to keep you laughing. It is a good sentence right?
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tenjing I will always try to keep you laughing. It is a good sentence right?
Yes. That one works well.

CJ
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tenjingTry to make him doing it.
No. make ... do ...

make doesn't form a catenative structure with an -ing.

CJ

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