Re: continual/continuous

Posted by futari on 2011/4/9 20:12:43

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Based on the following info, I guess so, too.

*http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/continual.html
-> (straight to the point)

http://www.englishonline.org.cn/en/vocabulary-grammar/johnny-grammar/grammar-notes/continuous-continual
-> (...is used for things that happen repeatedly; this can often be annoying or irritating ...)

http://www.grammarist.com/usage-errors/word-confusion/continual-vs-continuous/
-> (the continual action doesn’t happen all the time, but it does happen regularly)

http://www.educationbug.org/a/continuous-vs-continual.html
-> (Continual is an adjective that can mean “recurring with regularity or frequency” or “steady.”)

http://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/9981046523?r=9981046523
-> (1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. Not interrupted; steady: continual noise; a continual diet of vegetables.)

**http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv265.shtml
-> (When we want to describe things that happen repeatedly, continual is preferred.)