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Avec la canicule, vous êtes fatigués au point d'halluciner.

Avec la canicule, vous êtes fatigués au point d'halluciner.
With the heatwave, you are tired to the point of hallucinating.
From Lesson 462:Extreme consequence (au point de)·French

Questions & Answers about Avec la canicule, vous êtes fatigués au point d'halluciner.

Why do we use au point d' followed by the infinitive halluciner instead of conjugating it?
We use au point de (or d' before a vowel) followed by an infinitive because the subject of both actions is the same. It is the same vous who is tired and who is hallucinating. If the subject changed, you would use au point que followed by a conjugated verb.
The lesson mentions both au point de and à tel point de. Could I use à tel point d' here instead?
Yes, you could say à tel point d'halluciner. Both expressions mean the same thing and express a consequence, but au point de is much more common and natural in everyday spoken French.
Why use Avec la canicule instead of À cause de la canicule to mean "because of the heatwave"?
While à cause de is grammatically correct for "because of", starting a sentence with avec is a very natural, idiomatic way to set the scene in French. It is similar to saying "With this heatwave..." or "Given the heatwave..." in English.
How do we know from the written sentence that vous refers to more than one person?
The adjective fatigués has a plural s at the end. If vous were being used as a formal singular "you", the adjective would have to be strictly singular: fatigué for a man or fatiguée for a woman.

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