Difference between matters and subject

[romina]

Test No. errors/advan-7 "At the Meeting", question 3

We decided that there were no other substances to discuss and for the first time in ages we decided to close the meeting and go home early.

(a) decided
(b) substances
(c) in ages
(d) to close

Test No. errors/advan-7 "At the Meeting", answer 3

We decided that there were no other matters to discuss and for the first time in ages we decided to close the meeting and go home early.

Correct entry: matters
The error was: (b) substances

You have found the error but your entry is incorrect.
We decided that there were no other subjet to discuss and for the first time in ages we decided to close the meeting and go home early.
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Why subjet isn?t the correct word?

[Alan]

Note that the verb is plural: there were no other ..You need a plural word such as matters.
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[sinbadnj]

Can I use "subjects" instead of "matters" here?

thanks

[Katarzyna]

Are all of these sentences correct as well?

• We decided that there were no other problems to discuss and for the first time in ages we decided to close the meeting and go home early.

• We decided that there were no other issues to discuss and for the first time in ages we decided to close the meeting and go home early.

• We decided that there were no other subjects to discuss and for the first time in ages we decided to close the meeting and go home early.

• We decided that there were no other topics to discuss and for the first time in ages we decided to close the meeting and go home early.

I wrote 'subjects' as my answer and it was not accepted.

[Torsten]

Katarzyna, this is a very interesting topic, isn't it? Yes, all the synonyms you suggested can be used in that sentence and we'll add more options to the correct answer.
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