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What is the difference between 'overlook' and 'oversee'? | Meaning of loan
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Difference between matter and care Tue Mar 08, 2005 18:49 pm  Difference between matter and care
 

Test No. incompl/elem-26 "The Bells", question 10

It doesn't really ......... now. I just wanted to say how beautiful the bells sounded.

(a) matter
(b) care
(c) help
(d) hold

Test No. incompl/elem-26 "The Bells", answer 10

It doesn't really matter now. I just wanted to say how beautiful the bells sounded.

Correct answer: (a) matter

Your answer was: incorrect
It doesn't really care now. I just wanted to say how beautiful the bells sounded.
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Why the correct answer is matter and not care?
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Matter Tue Mar 08, 2005 21:26 pm  Matter
 

We use it doesn't matter in an impersonal sense, meaning it isn't important. The verb care is used with personal pronouns as in: I don't care.
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