Common Mistakes : Continuous

.Continuous – adj

BAD: I grew tired of his continuous moaning

GOOD: I grew tired of his continual moaning

BAD: The meeting was continuously interrupted

GOOD: The meeting was continually interrupted

.Continual – adj

BAD: The canals join to form one continual waterway

GOOD: The canals join to form one continuous waterway

BAD: A line of cars stretched continually down the motorway

GOOD: A line of cars stretched continuously down the motorway

Continual = happening repeatedly over a long period of time, especially in a way that you find annoying: ‘That telephone has been ringing continually

Continuous = without any break or interruption: ‘Gas central heating provides a continuous supply of hot water