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 Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:41 am 'But, no matter' Versus 'But, doesn't matter' |
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I have repaired your punctuation and supplied a necessary pronoun. They are now essentially synonymous:
1- I have nothing to eat, but it/that doesn't matter!
2- I have nothing to eat, but no matter!
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| Thu Aug 24, 2006 19:55 pm 'But, no matter' Versus 'But, doesn't matter' |
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Why did you place commas after but, Tom? I wonder.  |
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| Thu Aug 24, 2006 21:49 pm 'But, no matter' Versus 'But, doesn't matter' |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: | I have repaired your punctuation and supplied a necessary pronoun. They are now essentially synonymous:
1- I have nothing to eat, but it/that doesn't matter!
2- I have nothing to eat, but no matter!
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I liked the collocation essentially synonymous!
I would like to ask another question:
When in ( it is) no matter, the it part can be optional, why not in (it) doesn't matter?
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| Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:46 am 'But, no matter' Versus 'But, doesn't matter' |
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| Quote: | | When in (it is) no matter, the it part can be optional, why not in (it) doesn't matter? |
I don't see that it is optional; only it is as a unit is optional.
However, without delving too deeply, I presume that it is because matter is a noun in complement in the first form while in the second form, matter is the verb. No matter is acceptable as elision; not matter is not.
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