grammar · neutral

There is no point in + V-ing

Band 5-6speakingtask2

Says that doing something is useless or not worth doing.

Examples

“There is no point in arguing if neither of you will change your mind.”

“After three failed attempts, he realised there was no point in continuing.”

“There's no point in buying a new phone if your current one still works.”

Band 8 sentence

“I eventually concluded there was no point in pursuing the complaint further, since the company had already refunded me.”

Collocations

  • there is no point in doing something
  • no point in + V-ing + anymore

Word family

point noun

Common mistakes

There is no point to do this.→There is no point in doing this.

There is no point to do it anymore.→There is no point in doing it anymore.

Say it for a higher band

5don't bother + to V→6it's no use + V-ing→7+There is no point in + V-ing

Synonyms

it's pointless to + V

it's no use + V-ing

Easily confused

There is no point to + V (WRONG)

“He realised there was no point in arguing any more.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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