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Usage of whichever, however, no matter how, whatever



 
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Usage of whichever, however, no matter how, whatever #1 (permalink) Tue Aug 05, 2008 21:22 pm   Usage of whichever, however, no matter how, whatever
 

Grammar Question

... you do the job is not important to him.

a) whichever b) however c) no matter how d) whatever

I think b) however is correct. It sounds fine to me. Do you think that however is correct?
Thanks in advance.
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whichever, however, no matter how, whatever #2 (permalink) Tue Aug 05, 2008 21:57 pm   whichever, however, no matter how, whatever
 

Hi littledragon

I'd say the author of the test expects you to choose 'however'.
I would prefer 'how' in the sentence, though.
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whichever, however, no matter how, whatever #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 05, 2008 22:01 pm   whichever, however, no matter how, whatever
 

Thanks Amy.

Best.
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whichever, however, no matter how, whatever #4 (permalink) Wed Aug 06, 2008 0:37 am   whichever, however, no matter how, whatever
 

Hi.
I think it is "no matter how"
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whichever, however, no matter how, whatever #5 (permalink) Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:44 am   whichever, however, no matter how, whatever
 

Hi omar1piamba

I actually consider all of the choices for that sentence to be incorrect.

You could use 'no matter how' this way, for example:

- No matter how you do the job, the boss will only tell you it that you did it the wrong way.
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