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What is the difference between the meaning and usage of "However"and "No matter how" in these sentences: "However well you speak English, you must remember you can improve" and "No matter how well you speak English, you must remember you can improve."

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I think this is a matter of usage. I live on the eastern side of the large salty pond known as the Atlantic ocean and I would use 'However....'. But I think if you live on the other side then the 'No matter what ...' phrase is more common.

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  • I can't say I was aware of this AmE/BrE usage split before reading your answer here, but these American and British corpus NGrams support you,
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Nov 3, 2017 at 17:27

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