Answer: "continuous" vs. "continually"

[chiroho]

orion117 would like to know when it is appropriate to use "continuous" versus "continually"?

With examples from Burn Notice.

Comments

[spectralbovine]

I have to look this up EVERY TIME. Thanks for the reminder. For me, it makes sense to think of continuous as a graphed curve. A line can be continuous if it is uninterrupted, but it can't be continual. That doesn't really help me remember exactly what continual is, though. Heh.

[chiroho]

I had to try and remember myself when writing this entry, so you're definitely not the only one. I like your example of continuous being like a graphed curve, though. Makes it easy to remember.

[mab_browne]

This is one that I always have a mental block on. Thanks for the explanation. :-)