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telephone - What do you say when you talk over phone but you can't quite hear what other person says? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

All of your suggestions are good.

You can also start off by saying one of:

Sorry. I can't hear you.

Sorry. I didn't catch that.

Then follow it up with any of:

It's a bad line.

The line is bad.

You're breaking up.

You're distorting.

You're cutting out.

There are a lot of other ways of saying the same thing.

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Khan Academy - K12 Maths Resources Online | Free Kids Books

Khan Academy Maths has an amazing set of comprehensive online maths resources. These K12 online maths resources include lessons and quizzes perfect for teaching and testing mathematics in K-12 schooling.

These Khan Academy mathematics resources are separated into grade 1 to grade 8 then high-school maths is separated into subjects.

Each subject has topic lessons that include videos, sometimes reinforced with articles, and lots of practice exercises, at the end there's a test section to check your knowledge.

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11 Rules of Writing – Common Mistakes [& Fixes]

Getting your message across may seem a bit harder online than in real life. Not that there's less means to do so. A whole lot of methods including audio tracks, videos, animations and other visuals are available for you at any second.

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Ask the English Teacher: "Effect" as a verb

Betty writes:
Would you please discuss "effect" used as a verb (as opposed to "affect")?

This is a thorny issue! "Affect" and "effect" are often confused. Let's start with their most common usages.

"Affect" is usually a verb meaning "to influence": How will this quiz affect my grade?

"Effect" is usually a noun meaning "result" or "consequence": The quiz had a bad effect on my grade.

But both words have other meanings as well. "Affect" can be a noun meaning "display of emotion": The killer displayed no affect when shown photos of his victims.

This is a rather technical word, used by psychologists but not by most people. (It's also where we get the word "affectionate.")

And to answer Betty's question, "effect" can be a verb meaning "to bring about," "to cause," or "to achieve": He effected his escape with knotted bedsheets. You will effect these changes on Monday.

This is another "technical" word, more used by bureaucrats than by ordinary people.

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(22) Which is the correct way to say it: worth to do or worth doing? - Quora

Something is worth doing, worth seeing, worth remembering, and so on. The whole expression "worth ____ing" behaves as an adjective.

E.g. That rule is worth remembering. That pie was not worth eating.

"Worth to do" is never part of a grammatically correct expression. What you may have heard is "It's worth it to do," and not noticed the "it," because it is unstressed.

"Worth it" is an idiomatic phrase that functions as an adjective meaning "worth some unspecified or implicit cost, discomfort, or effort.

Examples

That dish took a long time to cook, but the result was worth it! (worth the time it took)

This brand of shampoo is expensive but worth it. (worth the extra expense)

Now, there is a transformation in English under which

(gerund) is (adjective) becomes It's (adjective)(infinitive).

Under this transformation,

"Cleaning up after dinner is nice" becomes "It's nice to clean up after dinner."

"Cleaning up after dinner is useless" becomes "It's useless to clean up after dinner."

and

"Cleaning up after dinner is worth it" becomes "It's worth it to clean up after dinner."

This is how we end up with both "It's worth doing your homework," and "It's worth it to do your homework." But never, ever say, "It's worth to do your homework."

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What is really correct, dream come true or dream came true? - Quora

For a dream to "come true" it usually may not have happened yet, meaning it is either being wished upon or anticipated to go to fruition or, it finally has happened in the present tense.

Example 1: I hope my dream will come true. (A dream being hoped or wished or anticipated upon.)

Example 2: My dream has not come true yet.

Example 3: I think your dream will come true!

Example 4: My dream has come true! (In this example it has already happened in the present tense.)

For a dream to have "came true" it has absolutely already happened meaning it is past tense.

Example 1: My dream came true!

Example 2: I wish my dream would have come true sooner!

Example 3: I thought your dream would come true and it really came true!

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