For example, Whether Shakespeare actually wrote the poem remains a moot point among critics, or It's a moot point whether the chicken or the egg came first. This term originated in British law where it described a point for discussion in a moot, or assembly, of law students.
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Larry you are ignorant to the term. There is no term mute point. Moot point is the only proper term. Mute point is at best a vulgar term. I am giving you the benefit of the doubt ... I am currently enrolled in a Linguistics course and a google search of the question “Moot Point vs. Mute Point” brought me to this page.
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The first written reference to moot point versus mute point that I know about showed up in a Readers' Digest joke trailer back in one of the 1995 editions. In the joke, a father wrote in to poke fun at his daughter for saying:
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Grammar Trap: Mute vs. Moot (Point) ... "Moot," on the other hand, is not as common a word. As an adjective it means something that is questionable or open to debate. ... Example: Whether or not she deserved that praise is a moot point. (Hey, maybe that's what made her mute!)
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I know that I cannot be the only person to commonly see and hear people refer to another having made a “mute” point. As my community service for today, I would like to clear up the apparent misunderstanding. A mute thing makes no noise. ... Labels: moot point, versus...
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moot point (plural moot points) ... Exactly which of the songs on Small Change originated in London is a moot point. ... Until we rebuild downtown, whether we build more parking spaces is a moot point.
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Although few argue the business success of SharePoint you’ll find far fewer developers singing the praises of SharePoint. For developers the lack-luster integration with Visual Studio was often a pain point.
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Moot point - the meaning and origin of this phrase. ... This is a simple mistake, deriving no doubt from the fact that 'moot' is an archaic word with little other usage apart from in 'moot point' and that 'mute' makes some sort of sense when allied to the 'not worth discussing' meaning.
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I have a friend that says "mute" ; but I suppose that's a MOOT point by now... ... One of the funniest line from "Freinds" was when Joey kept using the phrase "moo point" instead of moot point. ... Actually it is a MOOT point, but the networks are MUTE on the outcome of these two states.
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“Moot” is a very old word related to “meeting,” specifically a meeting where serious matters are discussed. Oddly enough, a moot point can be a point worth discussing at a meeting (or in court)—an unresolved question—or it can be the opposite: a point already settled and not worth discussing further.
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