cấu trúc · neutral

There is no point in + V-ing

Band 7+speakingtask2

used to say that doing something is not useful or will not succeed

Examples

“After hours of searching, they realised there was no point in helping him.”

“There's no point in arguing if nobody will change their mind.”

“It's no use trying to force someone to accept an idea.”

Band 8 sentence

“There's no point in continuing this debate when all the evidence points in the same direction.”

Collocations

  • no point in doing sth
  • there was no point in + V-ing

Common mistakes

There is no point to do that→There is no point in doing that

It's no point in doing→There's no point in doing

Say it for a higher band

5It is useless to + V→6It is not worth + V-ing→7+There is no point in + V-ing

Synonyms

It's pointless to + V

It's no use + V-ing

Easily confused

It's no use + V-ing

“It's no use arguing with him.”

Related words

By the time + clause, clauseWhether + clause (or not)So + adjective + that + clauseEven if + clause, clauseSuch + (a/an) + noun + that + clauseIf + past perfect, would have + past participleOn the one hand + clause; on the other hand + clauseGiven that + clause, + clause

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