keep standing ...?

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yamyam

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Hello, teachers.

Would you take a look at the following?

1. Both the train and the buses are crowded, so I have to stand all the way.
2. Both the train and the buses are crowded, so I have to keep standing in them.

Q1: Does #2 sound natural to you native speakers?
Q2: Does #2 express the same meaning as #1?

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

yam.
 

Rover_KE

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'The train and the buses are all crowded, so I have to stand all the way' is how I'd say it.

Only use both for two things:

'Both the train and the bus are crowded. . .'

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Tdol

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Keep standing- this suggests a repeated action and one that you might be annoyed about. I would use this if complaining.
 

yamyam

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Thank you very much for the replies, Rover KE and Tdol.
Your suggestions are quite instructive to me.

Thanks again,

yam :-D
 
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