keep someone posted

Meaning

This idiomatic phrase means to supply someone with the most recent information or updates about a situation. It is widely used in casual and semi-formal business emails and conversations to promise that you will keep the other person informed as things progress.

Examples

• I'll keep you posted as soon as we get the final results from the lab.

  I'll keep you posted as soon as we get the final results from the lab.

• Please keep me posted on any changes to the schedule.

  Please keep me posted on any changes to the schedule.

• He promised to keep us posted on how the negotiations are going.

  He promised to keep us posted on how the negotiations are going.

• We will keep you posted throughout the week as the project develops.

  We will keep you posted throughout the week as the project develops.

• Keep me posted if you hear anything new from the client.

  Keep me posted if you hear anything new from the client.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I will keep you post about the decision.

  ✓ I will keep you posted about the decision.

  This idiom always uses the past participle 'posted,' not the base verb 'post.'

• ✗ Please keep me posting on the project.

  ✓ Please keep me posted on the project.

  Using the '-ing' form is incorrect here. The passive-like state of being 'posted' (kept informed) requires the '-ed' ending.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I don't have the numbers yet, but I will ___ as soon as they arrive.

  💡 Keep you updated.

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  keep you posted

• Please ___ on your progress so we can coordinate our efforts.

  💡 Inform me regularly.

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  keep me posted