Pointの例文や意味・使い方に関するQ&A

A: Point the way means to indicate the right direction.

"I hope you can point the way."

A: Point a finger means to accuse somebody.

"Don't point a finger at me!"

A: It's a concern that will affect your personal honour.

A: In this phrase point means decimal point.

Point blank means very close, or no distance at all.

A: It is short for:
"It points to the thing you want most" or "The compass points to the thing you want most."

A: - Your joke is too long, get to the point.

- If you don’t get to the point quickly, you’ll sound stupid.

- You’ve been telling your story for ten minutes, get to the point.

A: @revinneil “there’s no point in going to the party”

this term can be used in a negative tone. usually in a sentence, but possibly in a question

A: yes, that would be correct.
or you could say
there was one point of my life I had lived in Canada for a year.

A: “to prove a point” is “to do something to purposefully demonstrate someone else is wrong or incorrect.”

Someone can do anything to prove a point. It depends on the situation. So

"She ate everything on her plate to prove a point" means she ate everything on her plate to show that someone else was wrong (or that she was right). If someone said “You cannot eat all that food!,” she might eat “everything on her plate” to show that she can and the other person is wrong.

A: This is an expression used when someone makes a reasonable argument

e.g A : The earth is square
B: If it were square wouldn't people fall of the edges?
A: Fair point

A: @FLtoday: point 可以有很多的意思。ex: that is not the point or 这是不是重点。goal is either a goal in a game such as soccer or hockey. goal can also mean 目票 or 目的。

A: good point:
What the person said makes sense. Maybe you agree with them, but maybe you don't.
その人の言ったことが分かるけど賛成するとはかぎりません

I agree with you:
You have the same opinion as the person
その人と同じ意見を持つ時に使います

A: They mean some time in the future.

I plan on doing this at some point.
I plan on doing this sometime soon.

"At some point" is sounds like the speaker has a better idea of the time (they are imagining a point in time when they will do it), but not always.
"Sometime" is more vague.

They essentially mean the same thing. Don't worry about the difference. : )

A: Yes I will do another sentence with the same grammar to help :)

"Please write down the points from chapter 6 as written in the book."

This means there are points from the book in chapter 6 that you need to write down exactly the same.

"Please write down the points from chapter 6 that are written in the book."

This means that you can write the same points as from the book or you can write it in your own words using the book.

Hope this helps a bit more.

A: Oh, I see! No, "make a point" on its own is not that aggressive, but it quickly goes in aggressive directions. It's just like "argue" in that way - for example, you can easily make a neutral argument, but then you have terms like "having an argument" and "arguing with" which are hostile.

"to get one's point across" means "to convince with effort" - the person you're explaining to might not understand, or might not want to hear you.

"to make one's point" means "to explain one's argument". It is the less aggressive of the two. If you're saying things like "I'm trying to make my point", you might want to consider "I'm trying to explain myself" as a completely neutral alternative.

"make my point" tends to blame the other person for not understanding, whereas "explain myself" tends to blame you for not explaining correctly.

A: Yes, that sounds exactly right. Well done you!

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A: Casually I'd say

If there's something unnatural with my English, please tell me / point them out

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A: It's called the neck of the balloon.

A: I get what you mean.
I see your point.
I get your logic.
I see the logic behind that.
I get your point.

These are some more options that are commonly used.

A: I would say, “My flaws are a part of who I am. If you only want to see the good things about me then our relationship shouldn’t go on.”

A: It’s very natural. You can say it like this or you can say “Have you ever lived by yourself any point?” Either one is natural.

A: in not of

A: Or:

Get to the point, please!