usage of the phrasal verb 'keep it up'?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Could you please tell me which one of the following sentence is correct?

a: Keep up the good work
b: keep the good work up

Please also correct me if i made any mistake above.

2

The usualy expression is “keep up the good work.”

… the following sentences - that should have been plural.
Remember that I is a capital letter.

3

And that “usualy” is usually written as “usual” in such comments.

Sorry, Barb, couldn’t resist a little teasing. :wink:

4

Dear Arumugam,

Welcome to english-test.net and many thanks for your question. In addition to Barb’s answer you might want to read How to ask a grammar question?

Please let me know what you think.
Regards,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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5

Thanks for your quick reply.

I have read in a news paper like “keep it up”. why we can not say " keep up it"

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Hi Barb,
I remember being told that ‘keep up the good work’ is AmE and ‘keep the good work up’ is BrE. Is it true?

Many thanks,
Nessie.

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Hi Nessie

Barb is American. If you want to ask a question about what is most common or natural specifically in British English, it would be preferable to direct your question to someone who is British. I mention this because you often ask me, for example, to tell you what is typical in BE. Although I might know the answer sometimes, often I don’t – because I’m American and I speak AmE.

That said, it would surprise me quite a bit if I were told by one of my British cousins that “keep the good work up” is more commonly used in BE than “keep up the good work”. I would expect “keep up the good work” to be the more common word order in both BE and AmE.
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8

Hi Nessie,

Do keep up the good work!

Alan

9

Hi Nessie,

Keep it up!

Regards,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

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