Study English Grammar » distinction http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com Free English Grammar Tips & Blog Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:34:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 When to Use ‘Contiguous’, ‘Continuous’, and ‘Continual’ in English Grammar http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/grammar/when-to-use-%e2%80%98contiguous%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98continuous%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98continual%e2%80%99-in-english-grammar.htm http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/grammar/when-to-use-%e2%80%98contiguous%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98continuous%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98continual%e2%80%99-in-english-grammar.htm#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:08:19 +0000 Study English Grammar http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/?p=317 There are a lot of words in English grammar that people are confused with where to use. Some of them are ‘contiguous’, ‘continuous’, and ‘continual’. This is why the writer should learn all about the rules for using the words appropriately. As a professional writer you need to know the rules of grammar that should be applied in a sentence which will save you the confusion while constructing a sentence.

‘Contiguous’

First off, you should determine if there is a list of different events or things that are being dealt with and whether these things touch time and space. In that case, choose ‘contiguous’. This is a word that means ‘adjacent’, ‘conterminous’, or ‘neighboring’. The word ‘contiguous’ is generally used in the context of discussing “48 contiguous states” excluding Hawaii and Alaska as they do not border each other. Less commonly, the word is used to describe a particular list of events which are adjacent to one another on a time line. ‘Contiguous’ can be used as an adverb, adjective, or noun.

‘Continuous’

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]]> http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/grammar/when-to-use-%e2%80%98contiguous%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98continuous%e2%80%99-and-%e2%80%98continual%e2%80%99-in-english-grammar.htm/feed 1 The Top 5 English Writing Tips http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-tips/the-top-5-english-writing-tips.htm http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/english-tips/the-top-5-english-writing-tips.htm#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:53:32 +0000 Study English Grammar http://www.studyenglishgrammar.com/?p=85 There are numerous things that can go wrong when you are writing, ranging from the isolated word that is spelt incorrectly to an entire sentence that fails ;o make sense. Some of the most common problems, however, are problems usage, of being unclear about, for example, the difference between flaunt and flout, or whether hanged or hung is correct. Writing is all about paying attention to detail, which means making sure that you always get the right words in the right order. But if you do not know the conventions if usage, you are almost bound to come unstuck. We have, therefore, listed below, in alphabetical order, a Top 30 of the niggling little queries about usage.

1. Agree to, agree with

Agree to means that you accept what someone proposes (although you might, of course, agree to differ). Agree with means that one person or thing is in accord with another: agree to that suggestion-, I agree with you about the need for more trees.

2. All right

All right is two words, and means that everything is correct: The spellings were all right Alright is used to mean ‘well’, ‘unhurt’: The s... Read more...

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