[Grammar] Keep this room tidy. Keep tidy this room.

1. Keep this room tidy.

2. Keep cleaning this room.

3. Keep tidy this room.


Sentence 1 is of course grammatical and what about 2 and 3 ?

Are 2 and 3 grammatical?

wotcha said:

1. Keep this room tidy. :tick:

2. Keep cleaning this room. :tick: (but it doesn't mean the same as #1).

3. Keep tidy this room. :cross:


Sentence 1 is of course grammatical and what about 2 and 3 ?

Are 2 and 3 grammatical?

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As you can see from the icons above, #3 is not grammatical. #2 is possible but it means "You have started to clean this room and I want you to continue cleaning it" or it means "You have cleaned this room more than once in the past and I wish to you clean it again in the future, more than once".