Grammar fix
a moot point
debatable or irrelevant point
an issue or question that people can argue about, but which is no longer important or relevant to the situation; something that doesn't really affect the outcome anymore.
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
Whether we should have left earlier is a moot point now that we've missed the train.
Some argue that stricter regulations could have prevented the problem, but that's a moot point since the damage has already been done.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: It's a mute point.
Say: It's a moot point.
It's 'moot' (debatable / no longer relevant), not 'mute'.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
The idiom says it in three words; 'rendered academic and devoid of consequence' is heavy.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
a moot point
- now
- rather
- becomes
- it's