Single inverted commas

Although it is usual to enclose a word under discussion in single inverted commas, I have chosen instead to emphasise it in red to prevent confusion with apostrophes.

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

CONTINUOUS and CONTINUAL

Continuous means without a break: The noise from his lawn-mower was continuous.
Continual means repeated frequently but with pauses between.  He received continual
bad reports.
A good way to remember is that continuous noises often make you angry and want to hiss:
continoussssss.

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