Grammar Tense Structure:
- Present Tense: point / points out
- Past Tense: pointed out
- Past Participle: pointed out
- Present Participle: pointing out
1: You point something out when you bring someone’s attention with your hand or index finger.
separable & non-separable phrasal verb
- We visited my hometown for the first time in 20 years and I pointed out the house I used to live.
- I pointed the house out where I used to live.
- Can you point out the person who committed the robbery?
- Can you point the person out?
2: If you stress or emphasise some act or information to make someone aware, you point it out
non-separable phrasal verb
- It was pointed out to him that he had missed three important meetings.
- She pointed out that she was on holiday on that day and couldn’t have been there.