Feb 4 2010 4:07PM GMT
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Add new tag, Business writing, CIO, commonly confused words, continual or continuous, grammar, medical telemetry, wireless, word choice
Answer: a
Continuous delivery or continual?
Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
Add new tag, Business writing, CIO, commonly confused words, continual or continuous, grammar, medical telemetry, wireless, word choice
Which is correct?
Intravenous systems enable _________ delivery of medication, which is often more beneficial to the patient than the intermittent delivery of oral medications.
a. continuous
b. continual
Answer: a
Explanation:
Something that’s continuous is unbroken; something that is continual keeps going for some time, but is intermittent.
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