Learn English – “You’re keeping well” vs “You keep doing well”

phrase-usage

I hope you are keeping well.

and

I hope you keep doing well

Are they essentially the same thing?

Best Answer

No, they mean different things.

"Keeping well" means "keeping healthy". So "I hope you're keeping well" is a slightly old fashioned greeting. It might be addressed to an older person (for whom being "well" might be in some doubt). I can't imagine a child using it with their friends.

To "keep doing well" is not an idiom. "Well" is the adverb related to "good". The speaker is hoping that the other person continues to do something in a good manner Eg.

-- I've got over 90% in all my maths tests this year.

-- That's great. I hope you keep doing well.