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Continual or Continuous
From each set, pick the best choice for formal
writing:
- One session of the 1998 AAAI Fall Symposium dealt with
distributed (continual,
continuous) planning.
- Figure 19 shows a number of examples of
(continual,
continuous) and intermittent
mission requirements.
- The energies of these holes lie in the
(continual,
continuous)
spectrum of the valence band.
- The system uses the D-channel of the ISDN line to keep
a (continual,
continuous) connection to
your Internet service.
- Our Webcam site is updated every minute for
(continual,
continuous),
on-the-scene views.
- Testing in the 1- by 1-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel
is (continual,
continuous)
Monday through Friday.
- Brad had headaches (continually,
continuously)
during his work on the stressful project.
- Glacier Bay National Park and its environs comprise
the largest (continual,
continuous) wilderness
area in the United States.
- ISO 9000 emphasizes (continual,
continuous) improvement.
- Many universities have a (continual,
continuous)-fiber ceramic
composite program.
For an explanation of continual and continuous, see
Quirks of English.
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