continuative

grammar · medium

易错句子The continuative noise from the road kept me awake all night.

正确表达The continuous noise from the road kept me awake all night.

continuative 意为“与延续有关的”，是语言学、语法领域的术语（如 continuative aspect 延续体），并不表示“不间断的”。表示“持续不停、连续不断的”要用 continuous；两词拼写相近，学习者常由 continue 一词混用。

grammar · medium

易错句子We have had continuative problems with the printer since we bought it.

正确表达We have had continual problems with the printer since we bought it.

表示“一再发生、反复出现的”要用 continual，它强调多次重复；continuative 只表示“关乎延续的”，多用于语法描述，不能替换 continual 来表达反复发生的问题。