5 exercises — practise the transitional refocuser "more to the point".
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Which sentence correctly uses "more to the point" to redirect from a background remark to the directly relevant issue?
"...popular; more to the point, it is actively maintained..." correctly keeps the fixed word order "more to the point" followed by a comma. The other options scramble the internal word order of the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "more to the point" at the start of a sentence to refocus a code review comment on the actual bug?
"More to the point, this function doesn't handle the null case..." correctly keeps the fixed word order followed by a comma. The other options scramble the internal word order of the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "more to the point" (refocusing on the more relevant issue) from the unrelated fixed phrase "to the point" (meaning "concise") while keeping both grammatically intact?
"...was to the point; more to the point, it correctly identified..." correctly uses "to the point" for conciseness and "more to the point" for the refocusing transition, each in its standard word order. The other options scramble or misuse the two related but distinct fixed phrases.
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Which sentence correctly uses "more to the point" mid-paragraph to shift from a minor detail to the actual blocker?
"...more to the point, the checkout flow is currently broken..." correctly keeps the fixed phrase intact in its standard word order. The other options scramble the internal order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "more to the point" to refocus a retrospective from a tangential observation onto the real failure mode?
"...more to the point, the alerts never fired" correctly keeps the fixed transitional phrase in its standard word order, set off by a semicolon and comma. The other options scramble the internal word order.