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What's fhe idiomatic way to use "to the point" in this sentence? It happens all the time and it only happens with my Canadian friends, to the point where I’m wondering if it’s Canadian way to say no.

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The way "to the point" is used in your sentence is not an idiomatic expression. If you add it in your sentence that way, it means that something has reached the extremity (extremes) of something after doing it for a long time or repeatedly, and it affected the speaker in a way. E.g. 1. I ran alot to the point that my feet started hurting. (It means that the activity, running, being done for a long time or repeatedly that made the speaker's feet hurt for doing it.) 2. It happens all the time and it only happens with my Canadian friends, to the point where I’m wondering if it’s Canadian way to say no. (It means that the idea of Canadian's saying "I'll let you know", has been in the speaker's mind for so long (hearing it alot), reaching the extreme that it has started bothering him/her.) 3. I sang for hours to the point that my voice has become hoarse. (She sang repeatedly--reaching the extremity that it even affected how her voice sounds afterward.)
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That phrase is used correctly, although it should be 'a Canadian way' or possibly 'the Canadian way'. Was that what you were asking? All those

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