This is Sandy's learning notes for my students.
連接詞用法No matter wh-,用來引導副詞子句,
意思為「無論‧‧‧」。可代換成 wh- +ever。
no matter what… 無論什麼 =whatever
no matter how… 無論如何 =however
no matter who… 無論是誰 =whoever(whomever)
no matter when… 無論何時 =whenever
no matter where… 無論哪裡 =wherever
1.注意:
「no matter wh- S V, S V」:引導副詞子句。
「wh- +ever…」:引導副詞子句、名詞子句。
因此No matter what 可以換成 whatever。(副詞子句情況下)
但 whatever當名詞子句時則不可以變成no matter what。
名詞子句:當句子的主詞或受詞用。
副詞子句:作為修飾或者附屬條件(時地因果)
I don’t believe whatever you said. (名詞子句)
=I don’t believe no matter what you
said. (錯誤)
You can’t trust Lisa no matter what she says. (副詞子句)
= You can’t trust Lisa whatever
she says. (可放句中)
= No
matter what Lisa says, you can’t
trust her. (可放句首)
= Whatever
Lisa says, you can’t trust her.
2.其後動詞可為 一般V或may be。
而No matter how/ however後先接Adj./Adv.才接子句。
eg. No matter who comes/ may
come, don’t open the door. =(Whoever)
eg. No matter how smart you
are/ may be, it will be impossible to win the game. =(However)
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