Are these interchangeable?
She remained seated for hours.
She kept seated for hours.
She remained seated for hours.
She kept seated for hours.
kept
I think "stayed seated" is better, but "kept seated" is also acceptable.
"Kept seated" seems rather off to me myself, and would not sound like a native usage, while "remained seated" sounds literary in quality and not like what a normal English-speaker would usually say; I would instead strongly favor "she stayed" over them, but I would just say "she sat" by itself (as this usage of "sat" implies that she never got up during the period in question by itself).
<"remained seated" sounds literary in quality and not like what a normal English-speaker would usually say>
Haven't you ever been on an aeroplane?
"Please remain seated while..."
Haven't you ever been on an aeroplane?
"Please remain seated while..."
<"remained seated" sounds literary in quality and not like what a normal English-speaker would usually say>
Haven't you ever been on an aeroplane?
"Please remain seated while..."
Haven't you ever been on an aeroplane?
"Please remain seated while..."
<<and not like what a normal English-speaker >>
"Not like what a" doesn't sound very native, IMO.
"Not like what a" doesn't sound very native, IMO.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/england/derbyshire/3570716.stm
This article uses both "remain seated" and "keep seated".
This article uses both "remain seated" and "keep seated".
Hmm... it is interesting that "keep seated" and variations upon it sound ungrammatical in my dialect, but are apparently standard English (well, others have said it is grammatical to them, and the BBC uses it). However, according to Google at least, "stay seated" is still much more common even in writing than "keep seated", as in:
"keep seated" : 2,340 matches
"stay seated" : 104,000 matches
"kept seated" : 1,150 matches
"stayed seated" : 19,900 matches
"keep seated" : 2,340 matches
"stay seated" : 104,000 matches
"kept seated" : 1,150 matches
"stayed seated" : 19,900 matches
I'm a British English speaker and while 'Keep seated' sounds ok to me, 'kept seated' doesn't at all.
<<However, according to Google at least, "stay seated" is still much more common even in writing than "keep seated", >>
Maybe they are all hits from people who use "your" dailect. LOL!
BTW, what exactly is your dialect, Travis?
Maybe they are all hits from people who use "your" dailect. LOL!
BTW, what exactly is your dialect, Travis?
<<I'm a British English speaker and while 'Keep seated' sounds ok to me, 'kept seated' doesn't at all. >>
So how would you say this?
"The passenger did what they were told and kept seated."
So how would you say this?
"The passenger did what they were told and kept seated."
>>So how would you say this?
"The passenger did what they were told and kept seated." <<
Simple. '...and remained seated'.
To me this would be right:
'The air stewards told the passengers to keep seated. So they all remained seated.'
I've no idea why the tense changes the verb I would use. It's just what sounds right to my ears.
Actually, although it's ok in the present, I'd be most likely to use it in the imperative, or as above where an order is implied.
Strange!
"The passenger did what they were told and kept seated." <<
Simple. '...and remained seated'.
To me this would be right:
'The air stewards told the passengers to keep seated. So they all remained seated.'
I've no idea why the tense changes the verb I would use. It's just what sounds right to my ears.
Actually, although it's ok in the present, I'd be most likely to use it in the imperative, or as above where an order is implied.
Strange!