Q: She keeps on eating meat despite her doctor's continual/continuous warning.

Which is correct?

Thanks.

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1) CONTINUAL (adjective)
>> suggests keeping on going or existing with brief intervals
(e.g.) Continual practice is necessary to become a champion.
(e.g.) The shortage of money is a continual worry.
(e.g.) There is a continual applause.

2) CONTINUOUS (adjective)
>> suggests happening or existing without stopping
(e.g.) The brain needs a continuous supply of food.
(e.g.) On August 28, after 3 days of continuous travel, they arrived in Edinburgh.
(e.g.) A continuous steel making process is now being developed.
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More info:-

1) CONTINUAL is chiefly restricted to what is intermittent or repeated at intervals.
(e.g.) The continual banging of the shutter in the wind gave me a headache.

2) CONTINOUS implies lack of interruption.
(e.g.) The horizon is a continuous line.

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1) CONTINUAL (usually used to describe bad or irritating ongoing of things at intervals such as --> continual hammering / these continual interruptions to our conversation)

2) CONTINUOUS (used to express non-stopping of an ongoing action such as --> three days' continous flight)

The following sentence will give you more hints on how they differ drom each other:
I couldn't pursue a CONTINUOUS train of thought because of CONTINUAL calls.
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Hello Futari,

Thank you so much for your help!


I think "continual" is the correct one.

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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.)

Futari,

Thank you!