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Sasha
Professional Teacherkeep silence or hold silence
They kept/hold a two minute silence in honour of the country's fallen soldiers.
Apr 2, 2019 4:22 PM
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Note that “holding silence “ is used for a memorial, not for something general like “keeping quiet”. And the more common way to describe that in the US would be “to observe a moment of silence”. (Don’t ask me why!)
April 2, 2019
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'Held' is the most common. I have heard 'kept' being used too.
'Hold' and 'keep' in the present tense.
April 2, 2019
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