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Continuous/Continual Help Please

I have a blind spot about Continuous and Continual I invariably have to look them up, so I usually avoid using them... Can anyone suggest some mnemonic or other device that might help me fix the difference in what passes for my brain?
  

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[nq:1]I have a blind spot about Continuous and Continual I invariably have to look them up, so I usually avoid using them... [/nq] "Continual" has the same ending as "interval" continual= something that is repeated at intervals, as opposed to "continuous"=without interruption. key word: "interval" that approximately rhymes with "continual".

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  • [nq:1]I have a blind spot about Continuous and Continual I invariably have to look them up, so I usually avoid using them...
  • [/nq] "Continual" has the same ending as "interval" continual= something that is repeated at intervals, as opposed to "continuous"=without interruption.
  • key word: "interval" that approximately rhymes with "continual".
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  • continuous).
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[nq:1]I have a blind spot about Continuous and Continual I invariably have to look them up, so I usually avoid using them... Can anyone suggest some mnemonic or other device that might help me fix the difference in what passes for my brain?[/nq]
"Continual" has the same ending as "interval"
continual= something that is repeated at intervals, as opposed to "continuous"=without interruption.
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[nq:1]I have a blind spot about Continuous and Continual I invariably have to look them up, so I usually avoid using them... Can anyone suggest some mnemonic or other device that might help me fix the difference in what passes for my brain?[/nq]
We just explained the difference.

Reinhold (Rey) Aman
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[nq:2]I have a blind spot about Continuous and Continual ... me fix the difference in what passes for my brain?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Continual" has the same ending as "interval" continual= something that is repeated at intervals, as opposed to "continuous"=without interruption. key word: "interval" that approximately rhymes with "continual". Interval - > continual no interval -> the other word (i
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