kept

>>Not sure what you mean, Travis. These ARE your words, aren't they?<<

>><<<"Kept seated" seems rather off to me myself, and would not sound like a native usage, while "remained seated" sounds literary in quality and not like what a normal English-speaker would usually say; >>><<

Oh, I thought you were talking about the recording that I posted the link for. Yes, the sentence you pasted above is mine.

<<Yes, the sentence you pasted above is mine. >>

And this part sounds awfully nonnative:


not like what a normal English-speaker would usually say

>>And this part sounds awfully nonnative:


not like what a normal English-speaker would usually say<<

Why exactly do you think this?