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Education & Reference by Anonymous 2018-05-18 23:12:49
Social Science
The use of 'if' and 'however'?
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Is this sentence grammatically correct? If you can't make it however hard you practice, you had better take a rest for a while.
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Anonymous
Add a comma between "it" and "however." You might wish to consider replacing "however" with "regardless of how."
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Anonymous
however as in "without regard to" is an acceptable usage. I personally would like a comma before the however: If you cannot make it, however much you try, then... It would be redundant to say however how much. you already have a how.
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Anonymous
Yes. This is not the usual "however." In this sentence, "however" means "no matter how much."
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Anonymous
Yes. Using "however" in that context is just another way of saying "no matter".
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Anonymous
Yes, that's fine.
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Anonymous
Sure. Ican also be read: When, no matter how...
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Anonymous
Say it out loud loudly, it sounds better if you say "If you cant make it no matter how hard you practice, you had better rest for a while." I personally have never heard however used that way. Im not sure whether or not thats grammatically correct.
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Anonymous
Yes, it's correct.
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Anonymous
Yes.