Nonetheless, the good work is a long enough noun phrase for us to strongly prefer to put it at the end of the sentence. There, he met up with Dutch singer-songwriter Benny Sings. He told Apple Music that feeling depressed and lethargic, he 'wanted something motivational, some kind of an affirmation.' Looking to escape lockdown life in London, Rex drove to Amsterdam. However, when being used in a normal sentence to keep the good work up is not all that jarring, just a little awkward. The song came to Rex when he was in a bad place during the 2020 pandemic. This means that, all things considered, we would tend to favour sentence (2) over sentence (3).Īs an exhortation to our friends - as an imperative - keep up the good work might be considered a fixed phrase. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is often used between 'keep' and 'up. However, although we can put the noun phrase complement, either before or after the preposition, we strongly prefer to put long noun phrases after the preposition: To prevent someone from sleeping by making noise, distracting them, etc. To maintain something in good condition: He did a good job of keeping up the property. The couple kept appearances up even though they had separated. Of course, however, when the complement is a pronoun, it must go in between the verb and the preposition: To preserve or sustain something: We kept up the appearance of friendship even though we were mad at each other.
It is called this because we can put the complement noun in between the verb and the preposition - or we can put it after preposition.
To have as a supply: keep spare parts in case of emergency.
#Keep it up meaning plus#
This type of verb plus preposition combination is often called a separable phrasal verb in traditional grammar. To retain possession of: kept the change must keep your composure.
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