Saturday, 26 April 2014

Confusing or Misused Words - Continual V Continuous


Continual (adjective)– happening repeatedly with periods of silence in between
  • I’ve had continual problems with this bicycle ever since I bought it.
  • It’s almost impossible to work with the continual interruptions from the renovation next door.
  • Ben and Jenny have been arguing continually (adverbabout money lately.

Continuous (adjective– without a pause or interruption

  • Sam’s been experiencing continuous pain in his right foot for the past three days.
  • Ken worked continuously (adverb) for 4 hours till his wife called him down for lunch.

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