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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. ( HTH. -------------------------------------------------------- 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. ........................................................ 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. --------------------------------------------------------
Posted on: 2011/4/9 5:25
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Hello Futari,
Thank you so much for your help! I think "continual" is the correct one.
Posted on: 2011/4/9 15:47
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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.)
Posted on: 2011/4/9 20:12
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Futari,
Thank you!
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