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What is the difference between keep on doing something and keep doing something and carry on doing something ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between keep on doing something and keep doing something and carry on doing something ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They all mean the same thing. “Carry on” is usually used when someone is telling another person to continue doing what he or she is doing. The other two can also be used in this context but can be used in other situations as well. For example, I can say that I need to keep on doing blah blah blah.
Carry on is also more British than American and sounds rather unnatural in the United States.
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@daswer123
They all mean the same thing. “Carry on” is usually used when someone is telling another person to continue doing what he or she is doing. The other two can also be used in this context but can be used in other situations as well. For example, I can say that I need to keep on doing blah blah blah.
Carry on is also more British than American and sounds rather unnatural in the United States.
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