keep on doing vs keep doing

Both 'keep on doing' and 'keep doing' are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable and convey the same meaning. The choice between them is a matter of personal preference or style.

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keep on doing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the continuation of an action or activity. It is often followed by a gerund (the -ing form of a verb).

Examples:

I will keep on doing my best to help you.
She decided to keep on doing her exercises every day.
Please keep on doing what you're doing; it's working well.
They promised to keep on doing their part to support the community.
We need to keep on doing our research to find a solution.

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I feel like we should keep on doing what we did last night.
You can keep on doing it, starting Monday morning.
If it wants to survive, it must keep on doing it every day, better and more .
Hold down the Reset key on the SNES Classic Mini and power it on. Keep on doing that for a couple of seconds.
Keep on doing your great work and I shall too my brother!
You keep on doing that thing you do so well.
That is why we keep on doing our work totally undisturbed.
If he doesn't keep on doing what they tell him, they'll hurt ME.
That I should keep on doing the show?
We cannot keep on doing things the way we've always done them.
It sure works fine with me, and it's something I want to keep on doing.
I'd tell her to keep on doing what she does.
I did it and keep on doing, but the challenge starts when you have rules to respect.
Linux lets you start a task in the background and keep on doing other things from the command prompt.
Think it may be the only thing that is, so I need to keep on doing that, even it means bending the law.
If I survive - and that's a big "if" - I'll probably just keep on doing what I'm doing.
If I survive - and that's a big "if" - I'll probably just keep on doing what I'm doing.
What do we keep on doing after that?
These worsening indices of health care or health studies in Africa demand a new look. We cannot keep on doing things the way we've always done them.

Alternatives:

continue doing
persist in doing
carry on doing
keep up doing
maintain doing

keep doing

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to indicate the continuation of an action or activity. It is often followed by a gerund (the -ing form of a verb).

Examples:

I will keep doing my best to help you.
She decided to keep doing her exercises every day.
Please keep doing what you're doing; it's working well.
They promised to keep doing their part to support the community.
We need to keep doing our research to find a solution.

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That's what you keep doing.
You cannot keep doing her work.
I have to keep doing this.
I just like to keep doing that 'til the laughter stops.
Okay? -You just keep doing it.
They keep doing our job for us.
Just keep doing the same thing.
I keep doing things, hoping to get caught.
You keep doing that, you'll break it.
You cannot keep doing this, Peter.
And we keep doing that, and build more powerful machines, accelerators for particles.
Maybe you should look inside yourself and see what you keep doing wrong.
We'll just keep doing our jobs.
Can't keep doing the same useless, ineffective things.
I would prefer to keep doing this work that I love.
So that you'll keep doing their dirty work.
They keep doing our job for us.
In the meantime, I intend to keep doing my job.
You have to keep doing the steps every single day.
Just keep doing your dirty work, but don't get caught.

Alternatives:

continue doing
persist in doing
carry on doing
keep up doing
maintain doing

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