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Discover LudwigThe sentence “keep lying” is not correct in written English.
Using the verb “lie” in the continuous or progressive form with the word “keep” is incorrect and should not be used. If you want to express the idea of continuing to tell a falsehood, you should use the phrase “keep telling lies”. For example: “I confronted him about his broken promises and he just kept telling lies.”.
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So they just keep lying.
I can't keep lying here much longer.
That's why Republicans keep lying about it.
"I couldn't keep lying to myself.
But are we going to keep lying to our kids?
"I was too exhausted to keep lying," he said.
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In public the colonial secretary lied and kept lying.
We kept lying to each other, pretending that our hunger was part of the game.
"I kept lying awake worrying I would forget something, that I would forget Greenwich Village" (Page 506).
"We couldn't tell the jury that she kept lying to us but that they should believe her," the senior official said.
"The Chinese government keeps lying and lying and lying," he says.
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