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Dictionaries say 'no matter' is followed by wh-words. Then is it right to use the contruction of 'no matter A or B': They have to stay with ... 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. nomatterAorB Threadstarter joham Startdate Sep14,2010 Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. J joham KeyMember Joined Oct30,2007 MemberType StudentorLearner NativeLanguage Chinese HomeCountry China CurrentLocation China Dictionariessay'nomatter'isfollowedbywh-words.Thenisitrighttousethecontructionof'nomatterAorB': Theyhavetostaywiththecattle,nomatterrainorhail. Thankyouinadvance.   Sortbydate Sortbyvotes R Rover_KE Moderator Staffmember Joined Jun20,2010 MemberType RetiredEnglishTeacher NativeLanguage English HomeCountry England CurrentLocation England johamsaid: Dictionariessay'nomatter'isfollowedbywh-words.Thenisitrighttousethecontructionof'nomatterAorB': Theyhavetostaywiththecattle,nomatterrainorhail. Thankyouinadvance. Clicktoexpand... No-itisnotright. Youcouldsay'Theyhavetostaywiththecattle,comerainorhail'. Dictionariessay'nomatter'isfollowedbywh-words. Clicktoexpand... Whatdictionariessaythat? Youcanalsosay'...nomatterifitrainsorhails'and'...nomatterhowharditrainsorhails'. Rover   Upvote 0 Downvote BobK Harmlessdrudge Staffmember Joined Jul29,2006 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage English HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK Rover_KEsaid: ...[wh-wordsrule] Whatdictionariessaythat? Youcanalsosay'...nomatterifitrainsorhails'and'...nomatterhowharditrainsorhails'. Rover Clicktoexpand... Interesting;-)Somepeoplewouldprefer'nomatterwhetheritrainsorhails'.Similarly,thosepeoplewouldpreferan'if'tobecome'whether'inreportedspeech: 'TellmeifthisisOK.'=>HeaskedwhetheritwasOK. Perhapsthedictionariesinquestionwouldagreeonthispointaswell. ButIknow'whether'isbecomingunpopularrecently;I'mafraiditsdaysarenumbered.;-) b   Upvote 0 Downvote J joham KeyMember Joined Oct30,2007 MemberType StudentorLearner NativeLanguage Chinese HomeCountry China CurrentLocation China Rover_KEsaid: No-itisnotright. Youcouldsay'Theyhavetostaywiththecattle,comerainorhail'. Whatdictionariessaythat? Youcanalsosay'...nomatterifitrainsorhails'and'...nomatterhowharditrainsorhails'. Rover Clicktoexpand... LONGMAN： 21nomatterhow/whether/whatetcalsonomatterthe...usedtosaythatsomethingistrueorthatsomethinghappenswhateverthesituationis: Feedingababyisamessyjobnomatterhowcarefulyouare. I'mdeterminedtovisitJapannomatterwhatitcosts. Hevisitedhereverydaynomattertheweather. 26nomatterthat usedtosaythatsomethingisnotimportantandwillnotaffectasituation: Iwouldalwaysbeanoutsiderhere-nomatterthatIspokefluentSpanish.   Lastedited:Sep14,2010 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