[Grammar] Keep themselves alive

[Commadela]

Hello everybody, I have run into a sentence which gave me food for thought:

Squirrels are said to gather and store nuts to keep themselves alive through the winter.

I wonder if I replaced " alive " with " living " the sentences is still true. If it is not, please tell me why.

Thank for reading .

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Living would be fine, but alive is more customary.

 

[Odessa Dawn]

Hi.:-D

***NOT A TEACHER***

I wonder if I replaced "alive" with "living" the sentences is still true. If it is not, please tell me why.
Thanks for reading.[STRIKE] .[/STRIKE]

Please see:

End every sentence with a standard punctuation mark – not a home-made emoticon.

(Rover)

 

[MikeNewYork]

It is a common mistake for learners to use "true" when it should be "correct".