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Everyone is welcome, regardless of [their] age. Everyone is welcome, no matter what their age. Everyone is welcome, no matter how old they are. Home Forums What'snew Members Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Help Rules Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. nomatter&regardlessof Threadstarter yamamoto Startdate Dec5,2011 Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. Y yamamoto JuniorMember Joined Nov11,2011 MemberType Academic NativeLanguage Japanese HomeCountry Japan CurrentLocation Japan Hello. "Everyoneiswelcomeregardlessofage." Inthissentence,canIreplace'regardlessofage'with'nomattertheage'? Ifitispossible,doIhavetobecarefulwhenIusethearticle'the'inthesentence? Thanks.   Sortbydate Sortbyvotes emsr2d2 Moderator Staffmember Joined Jul28,2009 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage BritishEnglish HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK yamamotosaid: Hello. "Everyoneiswelcomeregardlessofage." Inthissentence,canIreplace'regardlessofage'with'nomattertheage'? Ifitispossible,doIhavetobecarefulwhenIusethearticle'the'inthesentence? Thanks. Clicktoexpand... Everyoneiswelcome,regardlessof[their]age. Everyoneiswelcome,nomatterwhattheirage. Everyoneiswelcome,nomatterhowoldtheyare.   Upvote 0 Downvote Y yamamoto JuniorMember Joined Nov11,2011 MemberType Academic NativeLanguage Japanese HomeCountry Japan CurrentLocation Japan Thankyouforyourquickreply. Howaboutthissentence? "Allarcheologicalmaterialisimportantnomatterthesize." Isthissetencenotcorrectgrammatically?Or,isitacceptableinAmericanEnglish,sinceIhavefoundlotsofusagewith"nomatterthe+noun"structure?   Upvote 0 Downvote T TheParser VIPMember Joined Dec8,2009 MemberType Other NativeLanguage English HomeCountry UnitedStates CurrentLocation UnitedStates yamamotosaid: "Allarcheologicalmaterialisimportantnomatterthesize." NOTATEACHER (1Imostrespectfullysuggestthatyoursentencemaybeanellipsisof "Allarcheologicalmaterialisimportantnomatter[what]thesize[is]. (2)Yes,hereintheStates,nomatter+the+nounisverycommon: Nomatterthequestion,youwillfindtheansweratusingenglish.com. (Nomatterwhatthequestionis,youwill....) Clicktoexpand...   Upvote 0 Downvote Y yamamoto JuniorMember Joined Nov11,2011 MemberType Academic NativeLanguage Japanese HomeCountry Japan CurrentLocation Japan Thankyouverymuch. Itisgreathelp.Thanksagain.   Upvote 0 Downvote Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher ThisforumisdesignedsothatlearnerscanaskquestionstoteachersabouttheEnglishlanguage. PostTitles Threadtitlesshouldincludeallorpartoftheword/phrasebeingdiscussed.(Avoidphraseslike"HELP!","Urgent!","translationplease","howdoIsaythis","I'mnew"andsimilarexpressions.) AboutReplyingtoPosts: YouarewelcometoanswerquestionspostedintheAskaTeacherforumaslongasyoursuggestions,help,andadvicereflectagoodunderstandingoftheEnglishlanguage.Ifyouarenotateacher,youwillneedtostatethatclearlyinyourpost.Pleasenote,allpostsaremoderatedbyourin-houselanguageexperts,somakesureyoursuggestions,help,andadviceprovidethekindofinformationaninternationallanguageteacherwouldoffer.Ifnot,andyourpostsdonotcontributetothetopicinapositiveway,theywillbesubjecttodeletion. Homework: Pleasedon'taskustodoorcorrectyourhomework;thisisaplacetodiscusslanguage. Top