Daily life
keep meaning to do something
intend repeatedly but not act
To intend to do something several times but fail to do it.
Hear it in real life
Have you booked the dentist yet?
No, I keep meaning to do it.
I keep meaning to reply to your message, but the week has been hectic.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I keep meaning for calling you.
Say: I keep meaning to call you.
Do not use for after keep meaning; use to plus the base verb for the delayed intention.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
keep meaning to do something; I keep meaning to call
Your turn: say it out loud
I keep meaning to reply to your message, but the week has been hectic.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep meaning to do something
intend repeatedly but not act
“I keep meaning to reply to your message, but the week has been hectic.”
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