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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Kept alive/held alive

Can someone explain me the difference?

And what would you use in this sentence:

"The room was kept/held alive only by the light from a turned on TV."

And another question: Is "only" placed correctly or would you instead place it before kept/held?

Thank you.

  

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The man was kept alive on life support for many months. That he survived was a miracle. Fancy restaurants hold the lobsters alive in a saltwater tank until a restaurant patron selects them for dinner.

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  • The man was kept alive on life support for many months.
  • That he survived was a miracle.
  • Fancy restaurants hold the lobsters alive in a saltwater tank until a restaurant patron selects them for dinner.
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The man was kept alive on life support for many months. That he survived was a miracle.

Fancy restaurants hold the lobsters alive in a saltwater tank until a restaurant patron selects them for dinner.

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AnonymousIs "only" placed correctly

Yes.

Anonymouswould you instead place it before kept/held?

That's also possible. It's not unusual to let 'only' "float left" in a sentence.

AnonymousThe room was kept alive only by the light from a turned on TV.

That sentence is a bit u

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AnonymousCan someone explain me

Can someone explain to me

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