Continual vs. Continuous
Continual means repeated but with breaks in between; chronic
Example: The continual problem of our car not starting forced us to sell it.
Continuous means without interruption in an unbroken stream of time or space.
Example: The continuous dripping of the faucet drove me crazy.
Pop Quiz
Try a Confusing Word Quiz and get explanations and your score instantly!
Word Play
A lot of money is tainted: ‘Taint yours, and ‘taint mine.
Hundreds of Quizzes at Your Fingertips
Get hundreds of additional quizzes not found in The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation or anywhere else! Click here to subscribe.
* Take the quizzes online or download and copy them.
* Get scored instantly.
* Read explanations for every quiz answer. NEW!
* Reproduce the quizzes to your heart`s content.
* Use one subscription for your entire family, classroom, or office.
* Dozens of English Usage Topics including:
o Subject/Verb Agreement
o Problems with Prepositions
o Pronouns including Who/Whom/Whoever/Whomever
o Adjectives and Adverbs including Good vs. Well
o Capitalization
o Writing Numbers
o Punctuation Marks including Commas, Semicolons, Quotation Marks, Hyphens, and Dashes.
o Hundreds of Spelling,Vocabulary, and Confusing Words including Affect vs. Effect, Lay vs. Lie, It`s vs. Its
Click here to subscribe.
Hundreds of quizzes designed to help you become a better writer, student, or proofreader. Great preparation for the SAT.
A gold mine for teachers, homeschoolers, and trainers:
* self-paced
* automatic, instant scoring online
* explanations to every answer provided
* every relevant topic covered
* downloadable and reproducible
* one subscription works for an entire family, classroom, or office
Click here to subscribe.
Don’t need all the quizzes at once? You can now purchase the same interactive, downloadable subscription quizzes individually.
Click here.
The Blue Book of Grammar E-Book Is Now Available!
What’s the advantage? It’s downloadable so you will have it with you wherever you have your laptop. Click here to order.
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation 10th Edition
An indispensable tool for busy professionals, teachers, students, home-school families, editors, writers, & proofreaders. Great resource for SAT preparation.
View entire contents online
• Grammar Rules
• Punctuation & Capitalization Rules
• Rules for Writing Numbers
• Hundreds of Spelling/Vocabulary/Confusing Words
• Reproducible quizzes with answers
Discounts available for schools, bookstores, and multiple copies. Click to order.
________________________________________
English In A Snap: 68 One-Minute English Usage Videos
View Jane’s 68 one-minute video lessons that are available FREE. Learn all about who and whom, affect and effect, subjects and verbs, adjectives and adverbs, commas, semicolons, quotation marks, and much more by just sitting back and enjoying these easy-to-follow lessons. Tell your colleagues (and bosses), children, teachers, and friends.
Click here to view.
Valuable Link
Click here to read excerpts from Jane’s other wonderful book, Enough Is Enough! Stop Enduring and Start Living Your Extraordinary Life and listen to her podcasts. Learn more about Jane’s personal coaching work, speaking engagements, and articles that will inspire you to thrive.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Hello I just wanted to let you know that this website helped me understand more then the book i have for college. The teacher just yea.. she rather give us a sheet that would take your 5 minutes to read when all i want is a couple examples and gets to the point… if you know what i mean..Thank you soo mich though! i appreciate it. I hope this college might look into buying your vbooks instead of the ones they have… if only we were to get a better teacher actually/…..lol
March 18th, 2007 at 4:10 am
Jane: Another question from inquisitive Tom. Isn’t Web, Website, Weblog always initial capped? Is this not the modern, standard English usage of “Web words” today?
March 19th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Tom, I can’t find anything about capitalizing Web, Web site, Weblog, etc. If anyone finds a credible source, please let me know.
May 2nd, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Gregg Reference Manual 10th Edition (847f + note)
“Note: The term Web site is still most commonly written as two words with a capital W. However, along with a few other Web compounds, it has started to appear as a solid word without an initial cap (website). In order to maintain a consistent style, it is better to retain the capital W until a majority of these terms (such as the World Wide Web and the Web) lose their initial cap as well.”
The manual explains that compound words beginning with Web are usually two words. Examples: Web site, Web page, Web server.
Exceptions: Webmaster, Webzine, Weblog
The Gregg Reference Manual is my favorite business writing manual.
May 2nd, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Jo, thanks for being a great sleuth regarding Web site v. web site v. website, etc. I also love using the Gregg Reference Manual even though it does not hold the same authority as The Chicago Manual of Style.