you keep dropping out" or "you are cutting in and out

[tufguy]

If I am talking to someone over the phone and suddenly the phone cut off for a few seconds and I couldn't hear then I can say "'sorry the phone cut off for a moment and I couldn't hear you' or 'sorry you cut off I couldn't hear you'". Am I correct? But if it keeps happening then can I say "you keep dropping out" or "you are cutting in and out"?

 

[abaka]

You keep dropping off.

You're cutting in and out. <-- Fine

Sorry, the line got cut off for a moment and I couldn't hear you.

Sorry, you dropped off, I couldn't hear you.

Such colloquial language shows great regional variations. I expect others will disagree with me, to a lesser or greater extent.

 

[emsr2d2]

tufguy, every full sentence in quotation marks in post #1 should have started with a capital letter. I know we have told you this before, multiple times.

 

[Rover_KE]

Also answered here.

 

[emsr2d2]

I thought it rang a bell (no pun intended!)

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