Point taken means fair point, noted. It's a quick way to accept someone's remark: 'The instructions could be clearer.' 'Point taken; I'll rewrite the first step.' The full form is I take your point about…, and but often follows it: you accept the argument but keep your view. I take your point about the noise, but the location is convenient.
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Point taken. / I take your point about + noun.
- Point taken. I'll move the meeting to Thursday.
- I take your point about the noise, but the location is convenient.
- The instructions could be clearer. Point taken; I'll rewrite the first step.
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First versionPoint took. I'll include the delivery time.
RevisionPoint taken. I'll include the delivery time.
Took seems logical: the point has already been taken, so past tense. But the reply uses the third form, taken, as in the full your point is taken. With taken instead of took, it's the usual phrase.
You're right is full agreement. Point taken means 'your remark is accepted', with no promise to agree on everything. I see admits nothing at all; it only means 'I understand'.
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You accept a colleague's criticism: Point ___. I'll add the missing details.
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taken — The fixed reply is Point taken, with the third form taken. Took is the simple past and doesn't fit here.
A colleague says your presentation has too much text. Reply in one sentence with point taken.
Point taken — I'll cut the text on each slide in half.
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