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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
To the point of
He started hyperventilating to the point of blacking out.
He studied very hard to the point of having running nose.
He worked very hard to the point of bending his back backward.
Does "to the point of" mean that "until something happens"?
He studied very hard to the point of having running nose.
He worked very hard to the point of bending his back backward.
Does "to the point of" mean that "until something happens"?
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it means a degree or stage (not an event).
- it means a degree or stage (not an event).
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Thank you.. Are the expression correct? And could you please rephrase them in other ways?
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messier42Does "to the point of" mean that "until something happens"?It can, but not necessarily.
He worked to the point of exhaustion.
I suppose a person might think of exhaustion as "something happening", but it's not really an event.
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