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no matter and it doesn't matter
Because no matter . .. is a conjunction, it must be used with two clauses.
No matter when you come, you'll be welcome. (BUT NOT .1!.'8 IUtlttet' r:tthell }'6lt
eome.)
To introduce just one clause, we can use It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter when you come.
use without a verb
However. no matter what can be used at the end of a clause, without a following verb.
I'll always love you, no matter what. (= ••• no matter what happens.) For sentences like Something's the matter with my foot, see 585.
no more, not any more, no longer, not any longer
We use 110 more with nouns to talk about quantity or degree - to say how much.
There's no more bread.
We do not use no more in standard modern English as an adverb to express the idea of actions and situations stopping. Instead, we use no longer (usually before the verb), not . .. any longer or not . .. any more.
I no longer support the Conservative party. (NOT I ItB IItBFe Slt1'PBrt .••) This can't go on any longer. I'm not helping you any more.
Anymore may be written as one word, especially in American English. Annie doesn't live here anymore.
no one and none
noone
No one (also written no-one in British English) means the same as nobody. It cannot be followed by of.
No one wished me a happy birthday. (NOT N8 Bile B{myfrientls ...) I stayed in all evening waiting. but no one came.
none
To express the idea 'not a single one (of)', we can use none (of), not any (of) or not one (of) (more emphatic). No one is not used in this way.
None ofmyfriends wished me a happy birthday.
I haven't read any ofhis books.
Not one ofmy shirts is clean. (NOT .\'8 BIte 6j~fttyshim •. .) Have you found any blackberries? - Not one.
For more about none. see 376.
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