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continually / continuously
Continuously means something happens without stopping,
without interruption:
A waterfall has water continuously falling over the edge
of a cliff.
Your heartbeat and breathing are continuous.
Continually means something happens frequently/repeatedly.
A wife might continually remind her forgetful husband
to take out the trash - meaning she reminds him multiple times.
If you have an old car, it might continually break down - it breaks down very
frequently.
convince / persuade
These words both refer to when a person influences another person to do or believe
something:
He persuaded me to move to New York by telling me about how exciting the
city was.
He convinced me that New York City was an exciting place to live.
However, there are a few differences. We persuade someone TO do something.
Persuade is used for influencing someone to take action. We convince someone
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