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Deepcosmos Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Keep it a secret that clause

Hello, everyone!

Since I have sometimes seen following sentences based on the verb ‘keep’, are they grammatically correct?

1. Keep it a secret that I am a man. (single sentence only)
2. We kept it a secret that Jerome was insane. (single sentence only)

3. Normally, when I keep some information secret, I also keep it a secret that I believe or know this.
* source; https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=_LhwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=%22Normally,+when+I+keep+some+information+secret,+I+also+keep+it+a+secret+that+I+believe%22&source=bl&ots=PzR7thx8Ar&sig=ACfU3U2NOZxoLMDjEOrkKlfw5HVQgdR2-Q&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiyhpesmdfuAhX9wosBHRaqA2oQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Normally%2C%20when%20I%20keep%20some%20information%20secret%2C%20I%20also%20keep%20it%20a%20secret%20that%20I%20believe%22&f=false

My point is that the verb ‘keep’ can take a preparatory ‘it’ with an extra-posed ‘that’ clause or ‘to infinitive’, if the object becomes long? Though I have the verb list for object extra-posing issued by Collins dictionary, ‘keep’ isn’t enlisted on it.

Thanks in advance,

  

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1. Keep it a secret that I am a man. 2.

— BillJ

  • 1.
  • Keep it a secret that I am a man.
  • 2.
  • We kept it a secret that Jerome was insane .
  • 3.
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1. Keep it a secret that I am a man.
2. We kept it a secret that Jerome was insane.
3. Normally, when I keep some information secret, I also keep it a secret that I believe or know this.

Yes: they are grammatically correct.

The fact that you couldn't find "keep" in the resource you cite is

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