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What does ‘Carry On’ mean?
Related forms: (transitive and separable),(intransitive), carry on with (transitive and inseparable)
To continue, to go on, to keep doing an activity, not stop.
“We have to carry on working for another hour”.
“To carry on + noun, or + verb + ing”.
“I will carry on doing the right thing”.
“Carry on the good work”.
“In event of my absence just carry on.(intransitive)”.
“To carry on with noun or noun clause”.
“Please carry on with the work you were doing yesterday”.
“He wanted to carry on with it”.
Watch: ‘Carry On’ explained
Video transcript
To carry on. To continue. So I want you to carry on learning English. OK. To continue, to go on. So perhaps somebody is speaking and I interrupt them and then I say "Do carry on." Do continue. Notice to carry on plus a verb plus ...ing. To carry on doing, to carry on trying, to continue doing, to continue trying. However to carry on with noun. Carry on with it. Carry on with your work. So notice, this phrasal verb is inseparable Carry on with it. The object, direct object goes after the particles. However, carry on is intransitive(sometimes). OK. So to carry on. To continue. To go on doing. OK. So please carry on listening to my classes. If you enjoyed the video give it a rating And carry on giving my videos ratings. If you've got anything to say please do post and carry on posting. And also please do subscribe to my channel. Thanks for watching and bye.
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