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Thinking About the Language Consult Your Dictionary and Choose the Correct Word from the Pairs Given in Brackets.I Studied (Continuously/Continually) for Eight Hours.

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Thinking about the Language
 Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.

I studied (continuously/continually) for eight hours.

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Solution

I studied continuously for eight hours.

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