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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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For an explanation of different to, different from, and different than, see the Word of the Week .