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carried out vs carried on

Both 'carried out' and 'carried on' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Carried out' is used when referring to completing a task or action, while 'carried on' is used when referring to continuing an activity or behavior.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 1489 views

carried out

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'carried out' when talking about completing a task, action, or investigation.

Examples:

The experiment was carried out successfully.
The police carried out a thorough investigation.
She carried out her duties diligently.

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Since being arrested, the police have carried out some checks.
This check is carried out on the basis of risk analysis.
A conformity assessment was likewise carried out by the Authority for this Directive.
The review was carried out under an' Article 29' referral 1.
An excavation carried out for the extraction of mineral deposits.
This inspection comprises an organoleptic check carried out by sampling.
You carried out your workplace exercises.
Clarice carried out my exact wishes.
Measurement carried out from fixed-wing airplane.
General Horemheb, you carried out your massacre flawlessly.
I only carried out your instructions.
Justice is always carried out objectively and subjectively.
No environmental-impact study has been carried out.
Ensuring that sustainability impact assessments of trade agreements are carried out.
Investments are carried out accordingly to meet respective annual requirements.
Traditional stone-milling is carried out within the geographical area.
- reference to sampling where carried out.
The Chamber collectively decides on audits carried out.
Long-term carcinogenicity studies have not been carried out.
No analysis by product type was therefore carried out.

Alternatives:

completed
executed
performed
conducted
accomplished

carried on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'carried on' when talking about continuing an activity, behavior, or conversation.

Examples:

They carried on with the meeting despite the interruption.
He carried on working even after everyone else left.
She carried on talking as if nothing had happened.

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He carried on a whole conversation with a dolphin.
You carried on with your report without taking account of either the Rules of Procedure or the Treaties.
It is normally carried on by consultancy firms which are in principle taxable under ordinary tax law.
We could have carried on a fun thing for a while.
And she carried on singing, just for a bit, until...
The way he carried on with her...
He soaked up all this very fascinating European music and carried on making albums.
Documents (except for the driver's certificate) need not to carried on the transport unit.
~ Yet you carried on flirting with her.
But I carried on with my work.
Rates of depression carried on up, right across the Western world.
So he carried on working at the main camp two miles southeast of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
And then he carried on. Doing his job.
David carried on with research while my father started Hub market.
Emphasises that co-operation between civil and military authorities should be carried on at intergovernmental level.
Only with Syria are negotiations still being carried on.
The compensation for additional costs should also allow for marketing carried on between outermost regions.
We carried on sailing through the ice packs towards the North Pole.
So we carried on sailing and we arrived at the North Pole.
Not over the phone... ...but carried on breath.

Alternatives:

continued
persisted
proceeded
kept going
resumed

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