Complete the food critic's dramatic review of a terrible restaurant. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

The chef insisted the soup was a masterpiece, so we knew it was no use complaining to him about the taste. We also realized there was absolutely no point in salvaging the burnt appetizer, so we simply fed it to the stray dog outside.

The chef insisted the soup was a masterpiece, so we knew it was no use complaining to him about the taste.

After the phrase "it's no use" or "it was no use", we always use the gerund (the -ing form) of the verb.

We also realized there was absolutely no point in salvaging the burnt appetizer, so we simply fed it to the stray dog outside.

The correct preposition to follow "there is/was no point" is in, which must then be followed by a gerund (salvaging).