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Continually describes something that is frequently occurring but intermittent. Continuously describes something that occurs without interruption. These differences also hold true for the words' adjective forms, continuous vs. continual.

'You' is used whether the noun being replaced is the subject of the sentence, doing the action, or the object, having the action done to it. But 'I' is a subjective pronoun which is used only when the noun being replaced is the subject while 'me' is an objective pronoun used when the noun is an object.

Sale is a noun. Something that someone wants to sell is “for sale.” ... “To go on sale” means “to become available for purchase”: Ticket packages offer the exclusive ability to select tickets before they go on sale (i.e., before people who don't have ticket packages are allowed to buy them.)

The adverb "sometime" (one word) means at an indefinite or unstated time in the future; as an adjective, "sometime" means occasional or former. The expression "some time" (two words) means "a period of time." The adverb "sometimes" (one word) means "occasionally, now and then."

Idle: not active; unemployed. Idol: an effigy; a beloved celebrity. Idyll: a happy interlude; prose or poetry describing rural serenity.

The difference between 'error' and 'mistake' is in the context that they are used in. A 'mistake' is usually accidental, you know it is wrong. Otherwise, an 'error' is usually made due to the lack of knowledge and is more formal than 'mistake'. "Machines never make mistakes, but rather they make errors.

Borrowing means to ask for something and return it; lend means to give something and get it back. If in a library, for example, would I say "I want to lend a book" or "I want to borrow a book"? Borrow. "Borrow" means to take temporarily.

Each is a way of seeing the members of a group as individuals, while every is a way of seeing a group as a series of members. These distributives can only be used with countable nouns. They are normally used with singular nouns, and are placed before the noun. In many cases, they are interchangeable.

Miss means fail to hit, reach, or come into contact with (something aimed at). Lose means be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Structures using 'such' and 'so' are similar in meaning, but different in construction. The main difference between the two structures is that 'such' takes a noun phrase, whereas 'so' takes an adjective.