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Grammar fix

buffer

video keeps pausing to load

when a video or stream keeps stopping to load more, usually because the connection is slow

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • It keeps buffering every two minutes, it's doing my head in.technology
  • Give it a sec, it's just buffering.technology

Fix the pattern

Pattern: it/the video keeps buffering

Don't say 'the video is buffered' — when it's stuck it's 'buffering' (the -ing form).

Patternit/the video keeps buffering

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