Can you please guide me on this

[rajan]

He kept me awake

In this sentences, can we write like this - He kept me to be awake.

I am saying this because to be appears with adjectives.

[MrPedantic]

Hello Rajan

No, unfortunately – the idiom is "to keep someone ADJ.", e.g.

1. She kept me awake.

But you can use an ING-form, e.g.

2. She kept me talking all night.

(The underlined part in each example is the "object complement".)

MrP

[rajan]

Can you please tell me - what do you want to say by writing - "the idiom is "to keep someone ADective".

I think you want to say - whenever to keep someone will come either ing form(participle) will follow or adjecive will follow.


Thanks

Hello Rajan
No, unfortunately – the idiom is "to keep someone ADJ.", e.g.
1. She kept me awake.
But you can use an ING-form, e.g.
2. She kept me talking all night.
(The underlined part in each example is the "object complement".)
MrP

[MrPedantic]

Sorry, Rajan, my post wasn't very clear. I meant that when you want to say "to make someone continue in a certain state", you use "to keep someone" + an adjective, e.g.

1. Are you keeping her happy?
2. Am I keeping you awake?

But when you want to say "to make someone continue in a certain action", you use "to keep someone" + a participle phrase, e.g.

3. He kept me waiting.
4. She kept me talking all night.

Does that help?

MrP

[rajan]

Thanks Mr. Pedantic. I got your point.

Sorry, Rajan, my post wasn't very clear. I meant that when you want to say "to make someone continue in a certain state", you use "to keep someone" + an adjective, e.g.
1. Are you keeping her happy?
2. Am I keeping you awake?
But when you want to say "to make someone continue in a certain action", you use "to keep someone" + a participle phrase, e.g.
3. He kept me waiting.
4. She kept me talking all night.
Does that help?
MrP