boctulus Posted February 4, 2016 at 08:24 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 at 08:24 PM I also would prefer to think of 两点 as "couple/two dots/ticks" for similar reasons. I do not know the origin of the Chinese use of 点 in this case, but I have a mental image of a reference to the ticks on a clock face. In spanish we said also "dos en punto" (two in-dot) We said also "Juan es puntual" when Juan(John) arrives punctuality to some appointment. BTW: we said also something is "puntual" (punctual) when is very-well-localized (in time or space), so 点击 (click for punctual-hit) has a lot of sense for spanish-speakers (I don't know, in this case, for english-speakers if it's the same). Same concept apply to "dos en punto" because the click arrows are in a very precise position. EDIT: I see li3wei1 posted before the same idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messidor Posted February 10, 2016 at 03:28 AM Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 at 03:28 AM The grammar of Chinese is all about the rules of function word & word order. That is, if one changes the word order, he/she changes(or rather, ignores) the Chinese grammar; and if one use an English word that's not a perfect counterpart of the Chinese function word, he/she changes(ignores) Chinese grammar as well. There's a dilemma between the meaning and the form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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