Comment by lupire
2 years ago
"point in case" is a funny term. Are you a mathematician or programmer, using "case" in the sense of "branch of a proof", not "matter to be settled"?
2 years ago
"point in case" is a funny term. Are you a mathematician or programmer, using "case" in the sense of "branch of a proof", not "matter to be settled"?
I assume it’s a simple accidental transposition of “case in point”, an instance or example that supports, or is relevant or pertinent to, what is being discussed.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/usage-of-case-in-po...
Ha! I always thought "case in point" meant "the whole case demonstrated in a single point", as in, the small argument that summarizes (and hopefully answers) the whole overall question.
Indeed, thanks, I've been using it wrong for months if not years... never realised I swapped it at some point in my mind.
That's interesting: I've only seen "point in case" being used, never "case in point" (although it does make a lot more sense, now that I think of it).
you must not be a native speaker, i have never heard 'point in case' before this conversation. but fwiw, neither really make much sense to me
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The idiomatic equivalent is "case in point"