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worth to read vs worth reading

Worth reading. You want to keep things less wordy if you can help it, and both mean the same thing. The first sentence sounds a little off out loud anyway.

Last updated: July 06, 2018 • 428389 views

worth to read

This phrase is not correct. Don't use it.

In order for this phrase to make sense an additional word must be added:

Is it worth it to read...


Preferred Form:
Worth reading

Some examples from our editors:

  • Is it worth it to read the entire book?
  • Is it worth it to read the instructions?
  • Is it worth it to read the credits at the end of a movie?
  • 'Cause I've got like two weeks worth of chapters to read.
  • Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, fortunately there are 33 other paragraphs that are worth taking the trouble to read and translate into policy measures and we support them.
  • It takes a while, but it's worth the read.
  • It's well worth a read.
  • Nobody worth their salt reads him.
  • For what it is worth I will read it out, rather than have you take it on trust, just so we understand one another.
  • For what it's worth, I read your first book.
  • He would read the only book worth reading and read it to me.
  • Now I could go on about this particular Simpsons episode but, safe to say, there is actually no time for me to do so and I shall submit the rest in writing because it is worth a good read.
  • And now I'm just going to read some titles we all thought were worth honoring.
  • You don't $500 million worth of business a year without being able to read people.
  • I'm sure the judge will understand that it takes a a little time to read ten-years worth of clinical trials.
  • I was very interested, however, to read your proposal in Amendment No 12 that holdings which breach the 90-head limit should be eligible for premiums worth up to 50% of the wages incurred in cattle rearing.
  • Women are difficult to read sometimes.
  • Things were getting hard to read.
  • The cards are difficult to read.
  • Remember to read chapter six before class.
  • Very interesting. Lots to read.
  • Which I never bothered to read.
  • You need to read the end of her book.

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • Is there value in reading this?
  • Is there a point to reading this?
  • Is it worth it to spend the time to read the whole thing?

worth reading

This phrase is correct. Use the preferred form instead.

Preferred Form:
Worth reading

  • This book is worth reading again.
  • But few of them are worth reading.
  • Or it wouldn't be worth reading...
  • That book is worth reading.
  • If you haven't seen it, it's worth reading. He's a pianist himself, and he details his whole career of looking at and observing incredibly powerful effects that music has had on peoples' lives in unusual situations.
  • It's a you haven't seen it, it's worth reading.
  • These books are worth reading at least once.
  • If you know how to use it, you might actually produce something worth reading this time.
  • He would read the only book worth reading and read it to me.
  • A book not worth reading is not worth buying in the first place.
  • If you haven't seen it, it's worth reading. He's a pianist himself,
  • That book is worth reading.
  • Mine, of course, was the onlyne worth reading.
  • This book isn't worth reading.
  • The words that Mr Trentin writes about the Stability Pact in his report are worth reading.
  • But it is one of those reports which are worth reading.
  • Either write something worth reading about, or do something worth writing about.
  • It is still worth reading and outlines very well the broad consequences of possible Turkish accession to the Union if, one day, Turkey meets all the conditions for accession.
  • The Court of Auditors' criticism of key components of the budget remains unchallenged, and Mr Kallas goes into the defence with a report, which I read last night, and which is actually worth reading, from the House of Lords.
  • These rules, set out in Rule 9(4) of the Rules of Procedure - which would be worth reading at least once! - stipulate that access to the European Parliament for lobbyists is controlled, regulated by access badges.

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