on the point of compliting

" I've been on the point of compliting this assignment. But I'm not done yet." Correct?


I have heard this expression few times not very often "On the point...."

corum said:

Definition of be on the point of (doing) sth from Cambridge Dictionary Online: Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus

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I know that it's correct. I've been meaning to ask you if it's used in coversation a lot. At least I haven't heard it in the street very often. On top of that, it's very comfortable to deligate people to go look up in the dictionary without actually giving a word of explanation of the contex it might have been used in. How's your Dutch doing, dude?

ostap77 said:

I know that it's correct. I've been meaning to ask you if it's used in coversation a lot. At least I haven't heard it in the street very often.

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NOT A TEACHER.

I've never heard it. You might hear the following:

"I'm about to complete this assignment."

ostap77 said:

" I've been on the point of compliting this assignment. But I'm not done yet." Correct?

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ostap77 said:

I know that it's correct.

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:up:

Jasmin165 said:

NOT A TEACHER.

I've never heard it. You might hear the following:

"I'm about to complete this assignment."

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That's what I meant. I heard it in a movie directed by BBC. Sometimes they use a lot phrases that you hardly hear in evryday life.

corum said:

:up:

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So any advice on how often it's used? Don't just give me your OK sign.;-)

I hear this idiom often.

corum said:

I hear this idiom often.

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Ik ben Ostap!

You mean when talking to the Dutch?

I know that it's correct.

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It's not correct until you alter the spelling of completing.

Rover