Ce point est important dans le texte.

to be

Breakdown of Ce point est important dans le texte.

• dans: in
• important: important
• ce: this

Questions & Answers about Ce point est important dans le texte.

Why is ce used before point? Could it also be cet or cette?

Ce is a demonstrative adjective meaning this or that in front of a masculine singular noun that starts with a consonant sound.

• ce point = this/that point (masculine singular, consonant)
• cet is used before masculine singular nouns that start with a vowel or silent h:
  
  • cet homme, cet arbre
• cette is used with feminine singular nouns:
  
  • cette idée, cette phrase

Since point is masculine and starts with a consonant, the only correct choice here is ce point.

What does point mean here? Is it a “dot” or something else?

In this sentence, point does not mean a punctuation dot; it means something like:

• point / aspect / issue / idea / argument

So Ce point est important dans le texte is closer to:

• This point/issue is important in the text.

If you were talking about punctuation specifically, you’d usually specify:

• un point final (a full stop / period)
• un point d’exclamation (exclamation mark), etc.