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Bookmark or Share- Point of contacts? - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeWith point of contact, if you have more than one, it is 'points' that you have multiples of, so the plural is points of contact. On top of this, in this use 'contact' is uncountable and cannot be plural. Yet you found hits for point of contacts on Google.
- "Point to" and "point at" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangePoint to implies supplying a direction to someone/something. E.g., for a reference, I would point you to the HR department.
- meaning - When to use "point" vs "dot"? - English Language & Usage ...We would use "dot" in the context of a web address, for example "google dot com". An example I can think of for the usage of "point" would be when you're talking about a decimal value, for example "10.2%" would be spoken as "ten point two percent".
- In formal writing, when to use bullets and when the numbers?Numbering is employed when you wish to make a specific sequence of points evident—this first, then this, then this—or to facilitate cross-reference between passages—for instance, 'see 2.1.3, below'. This sort of structuring is common in academic and legal writing; but it is not usually emphasized by 'hanging' the numbers in the margin.
- When and how should I use multiple exclamation marks?"Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. If you have a knack of playing with exclaimers the way Tom Wolfe does, you can throw them in by the handful." (Elmore Leonard)
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