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Point of contacts? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange An exact Google search for "point of contacts" yields 2 million results, including sites like UNESCO and multiple universities and other academic sites Is this a legitimate plural form of "point of
punctuation - Should on point and spot on be hyphenated in . . . Should "on point" and "spot on" be hyphenated in predicative position? I think the hyphen, in these cases, makes it clearer for the reader; do you agree with the hyphens in the four examples below?
word choice - Better way of saying Go-to man? - English Language . . . The term point person, IMO, comes originally from the military term for the man in front -- the point man However, in modern (BrE) business usage, it exactly conveys the sentiment that I inferred from the OP's question, namely that of being the person to whom queries of a particular ilk should be directed
word choice - No point in vs. no point of vs. no point to . . . 12 Point in, point of, point to (Point in the sense of "purpose" ) What are the differences among these — in meaning? in usage (each is used in certain constructions or with certain collocates, say)? in dialect? in register? etc Some examples (though I'm asking more generally than just about these examples): (1a) There's no point in going
Point to and point at - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Point to implies supplying a direction to someone something E g , for a reference, I would point you to the HR department Point at is a physical gesture directing an object, e g a finger, directly at another object For the comment 'Point my gun to the door', this implies that you are giving your gun directions to find the door To supply the direction using the gun you would use 'Point to
politeness - How should I tell someone I called you but you didnt . . . Follow up email: I'm writing to discuss [subject matter] I tried to reach you by phone last week but I couldn't get through (or, you were unavailable) So I wanted to ask you about [back to subject matter] Benefits: courteous, polite, easy-going clearly points out your attempt to call keeps focus on what you really want With minor adjustments, the same message could be used in a voicemail or
The point is moot - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The point no longer holds any value An item of note is that a large number of people incorrectly say, "The point is mute;" which is not a valid sentence at all That sentence would imply that the point is 'silent;' when, in actuality, the person intended to say, "The point is moot" (hence: meaningless)