English Language: "What is the point of"?

Chazz · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 03:58 PM

Hi,

First of all What does it mean? and secondly why is not listen as an idiom in dictionaries?

Thanks

Mariana Karla. · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 04:00 PM

what is the point of..."doing something"
means like...why should i be doing that?
why is it important...

??? · #3 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 04:02 PM

Hey Chazz,

It looks like an idiom because you always see the chunk: 'the point of' ...However, the fact is that it's just a noun 'point'
Point meaning '(the) idea'

http://www.answers.com/point?cat=technology&gwp=13

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