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Old January 23, 2014, 05:33 AM
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How do you keep up your English?

How do you keep up your English?
Can anybody give more sentences meaning the same?
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Old January 28, 2014, 07:42 AM
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Here are a couple of the ways I can say "How do you keep up your English?"

"How do you maintain your English?"
"How do you keep your English fresh?"
"How does your English stay so fresh?"
"How do you keep from not using, and losing your English"

Ok, that last one was a stretch. I just wanted to incorporate the saying "If you don't use it, you'll lose it".

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Old January 31, 2014, 02:55 PM
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Ok. Thank you very much.
And if want to say what do you do to keep in touch with English? or to be in conection with English?
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Old February 07, 2014, 12:40 AM
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Ok. Thank you very much.
And if want to say what do you do to keep in touch with English? or to be in conection with English?
do we say it or we just use one of the sentences above?
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The 'be in connection' phrasing doesn't work. You can 'keep in touch' with someone. That sounds very natural. 'Keeping in touch' with something, however, is often limited to 'keeping in touch with your inner self or your feelings'.
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How about " in contact"?
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No, that doesn't sound natural, either. You 'keep in contact' with someone.

Use the phrasing in the thread title or the others given by Jonathan D.
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No, that doesn't sound natural, either. You 'keep in contact' with someone.

Use the phrasing in the thread title or the others given by Jonathan D.

OK, thank you.
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To add one more to the above, How do you keep your English from getting rusty?
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Old December 11, 2016, 05:34 AM
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But If I want to say
What do you do to keep up wth your English? Is it correct or we use one of the sentences provided by Jonathan.?

What do you do to keep your English alive?

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