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keep aside vs keeping aside

Both 'keep aside' and 'keeping aside' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Keep aside' may be used when giving an instruction or command to physically stay to the side. 'Keeping aside' can be used when talking about setting something aside for later consideration or excluding something from a current discussion.
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keep aside

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when giving an instruction or command to physically move something to the side.

Use 'keep aside' when you want to instruct someone to physically move something to the side or out of the way.

Examples:

  • Please keep aside the books after you finish reading them.
  • Keep aside some money for emergencies.
  • I asked him to keep aside his personal belongings before leaving the room.
  • Jul 19, 2022 ... Before you go to sleep, keep aside everything that you have accumulated, including your body and mind. If you sleep with this awareness ...
  • Jun 16, 2018 ... Before you go to sleep, keep aside everything that you have accumulated, including your body and mind. If you sleep with this awareness every day, one day, you ...
  • May 23, 2024 ... How much time should I keep aside for chapter 14? Spoilers - Help. For those who have completed it, and avoiding spoilers, how long did it ...
  • Jul 16, 2024 ... Let's keep aside our opinions on the Tata Curvv for a moment and focus instead on the wealth of talent at design studios.
  • Jul 6, 2023 ... How much savings to keep aside when buying a house? Budgeting. We're looking at a purchase around €750,000, and have 480,000 in the bank. We ...
  • Sep 24, 2024 ... ... keep aside. Chop the bell peppers, onion, spring onion finely & keep aside. Heat oil in a pan. Add the ginger, garlic, green chilli & saute ...
  • Aug 28, 2018 ... Sometimes we need to keep aside, useless, negative thoughts, and get some homework done. Just think about it this way. If not now, you'll ...
  • Jun 24, 2016 ... If yes, does it have any advantage over accessibility if I keep aside outside of main , such as "skip to main content" command? Last but not ...
  • Nov 25, 2018 ... In Risk Management planning, for known risks which are threats, typically PMs need to keep aside "contingency reserve" so that if such risks ...
  • Nov 19, 2020 ... Aside from a bug in the licensing (option that I'll keep aside until we have explored the others), the main reason for this behaviour is ...

Alternatives:

  • set aside
  • put aside
  • move aside

keeping aside

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when talking about setting something aside for later consideration or excluding something from a current discussion.

Use 'keeping aside' when you want to refer to the act of setting something aside for later consideration or excluding something from a current discussion.

Examples:

  • Keeping aside his personal feelings, he made a rational decision.
  • Let's discuss the budget, keeping aside the issue of staffing for now.
  • Keeping aside the technical difficulties, the project was a success.
  • May 23, 2023 ... Keeping aside data structures like arrays and objects and some linear algorithms, how many of you guys use other data structures and non ...
  • Sep 9, 2023 ... Probably the last ever update for iPhone 8/X users? (Keeping aside the annual security updates). Discussion.
  • Jun 4, 2017 ... Keeping aside the price, should I buy the KTM RC 390 or Yamaha YZF R3? All related (48).
  • If elected, Trump would be the oldest president to occupy the White House, keeping aside his increased ramblings and his embrace of Project 2025 — his VP ...
  • Sep 28, 2022 ... keeping aside good practice for now - is this supported by CLI or not? jeff.ishar1 September 30, 2022, 10:41am 5. Hi @jmj. It is not possible ...
  • Oct 1, 2024 ... ... keeping aside his increased ramblings and his embrace of Project 2025 — his VP pick in JD Vance wrote the introductory chapter for Project ...
  • Oct 8, 2023 ... Keeping aside the talks around health, I'm a huge The Coca-Cola Company Fan. I can't get over the original Coca Cola, but have obviously ...
  • Jan 25, 2016 ... But for this year, I really want to focus on photography, so instead of just tossing memory keeping aside altogether, I've planned to ...
  • Jul 31, 2024 ... Keeping aside that Luv Kataria is a friend of Elvish and was blindly supported by the Elvish Army. Comment honestly, don't you think he ...

Alternatives:

  • setting aside
  • excluding
  • putting aside

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