Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 335. The title of today's lesson
is no matter is always followed by wh-clause. Okay. Let's look at the note
here. A wh-word is any word that introduces questions and relative
clauses. You know, clauses that are related to it. Okay, good. Let's continue.
Some of the most common WH words are ....you know, these are really really common ones,
why, who, which, what, where, whether, and how. So now you see why they call it WH words
is the majority them actually do begin with WH except for how. Although 'how' does
have a W in an H in it. But the "W" is at the end and the "H" is at the beginning
But ' how' is considered to be a WH- word. Okay. Anyway, let's continue. The
pattern is usually, no matter plus the WH word . plus the subject plus
the verb. All right. So this is a problem I found mostly when I'm correcting
students in writing. This comes up a lot in writing. A lot of students, where
is the second language do this. It's most noticeable in writing. It's
very obvious in writing. In speech, it might go by so fast
you know, you'll... a native speaker will understand it but he may not say anything
but he may know what's going on anyway. He may, he might be able to figure out
what you know somebody where English is the second language is saying. But in
writing it really pops out and it pops off the page. So let's look at the first
example. Again here with the X. The X of course means it's wrong. So no matter he
studies hard he cannot pass the exam. Again like if you.... if somebody where
English was the second language was speaking, this native speaker would
probably understand it, but it really looks bad in writing. So here's the
correct way you should say it. No matter how. So here you put the WH word in here.
No matter how hard he studies , he cannot pass the exam. Yeah. Suddenly this sentence
sounds much better, much, much smoother , much more natural . Okay. So
let's look at the second one. Again with the X. This is wrong. No matter he gets up
early or late he's still usually ...he is still usually late for work.
So again, with the check, this is correct. No matter whether you know,
sometimes we use like weather for meaning like if , he gets up early or late...
And the same thing he is still usually late for work. So again, you needed that
WH-word to follow. No matter. Okay. Let's look at the last one here. No matter, he
goes he couldn't find his missing dog. No. Of course with the check, this is
right. This one is more obvious. No matter where he goes he couldn't find his
missing dog. Well, anyway remember, so no matter plus a
WH word, plus the subject, plus the verb. Again very, very important in writing. But
even in speech you need to correct it, Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it was clear.
Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.