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Quel fan venera il suo idolo al punto da piangere ogni giorno.

Quel fan venera il suo idolo al punto da piangere ogni giorno.
That fan worships his idol to the point of crying every day.
From Lesson 391:Extreme limits (al punto da)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Quel fan venera il suo idolo al punto da piangere ogni giorno.

Why do we use the infinitive piangere here instead of a conjugated verb?
We use the implicit structure al punto da followed by an infinitive because the subject of both actions is the exact same: the fan is doing both the worshipping and the crying. If the subjects were different, you would need the explicit form al punto che plus a conjugated verb.
Could I say a tal punto da piangere instead of al punto da piangere?
Yes, al punto da and a tal punto da are completely interchangeable in this sentence. Adding tal (such) just adds a slight bit of emphasis to how extreme the behavior is.
How does the word fan work in Italian? Is it always masculine?
English loanwords like fan are invariable, meaning their spelling does not change in the plural. They simply take the gender of the person they refer to. Here, we know the fan is male because of the masculine words Quel and il suo. For a female fan, it would be Quella fan venera il suo idolo.
Why is it il suo idolo rather than just suo idolo?
Remember that possessives in Italian almost always require a definite article like il or la in front of them. The main exception is for singular family members, such as suo fratello (his brother). Since an idol is not a family member, the article il is mandatory here.

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