diff --git a/tests/test_normalizer.py b/tests/test_normalizer.py
index 7f89da0ec..870df524e 100644
--- a/tests/test_normalizer.py
+++ b/tests/test_normalizer.py
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def test_number_normalizer(std):
     assert std("fourteen point 4") == "14.4"
     assert std("one point five") == "1.5"
     assert std("two point two five dollars") == "$2.25"
+    assert std("that was the point and then") == "that was the point and then"
+    assert std("match point minus two") == "match point -2"
+    assert std("good point first of all") == "good point 1st of all"
+    assert std("two point and") == "2 point and"
     assert std("two hundred million dollars") == "$200000000"
     assert std("$20.1 million") == "$20100000"
 
diff --git a/whisper/normalizers/english.py b/whisper/normalizers/english.py
index 21c3a54e5..ba94be63d 100644
--- a/whisper/normalizers/english.py
+++ b/whisper/normalizers/english.py
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ def output(result: Union[str, int]):
                 elif current == "point":
                     if next in self.decimals or next_is_numeric:
                         value = str(value or "") + "."
+                    else:
+                        # not a decimal point, e.g. "the point and", "match point minus"
+                        if value is not None:
+                            yield output(value)
+                        yield output(current)
                 else:
                     # should all have been covered at this point
                     raise ValueError(f"Unexpected token: {current}")