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    Thank you, Vicente. I cannot clearly see the difference. Are these sentences right,with regard to your answer?
    I īve waited for you tons of hours, as a matter of fact. For that matter, much more time I had planned.
    She preferred buying some Indian tapestries; for that matter everything she bought was not made in our country.
    She liked those kind of things strangely made. As a matter of fact, she enjoyed buying Indian tapestries and gorgeous furniture for her house.

    But in the "raw fish" sentence I donīt see the meaning.
    Is it right that:

    As the matter of fact means something like : de hecho, in Spanish?
    For that matter means something like: si vamos al caso, in Spanish?
    Actually, Iīm trying to learn English because I need it to have a better job than I have, so I should have to take a test. But I donīt really know if I am studying rightly or if there are many important things to take into account that I am leaving out. Would you like to give me your opinion, or perhaps a suggestion, whenever you like? Eg: I didnīt know that we canīt end a statement with a preposition.

    Best regards. Your opinions are the nicest and more useful.
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    [quote=maramaras]Thank you, Vicente. I cannot clearly see the difference. Are these sentences right,with regard to your answer?
    I īve waited for you tons of hours, as a matter of fact. For that matter, much more time I had planned. YES!
    Remember, the phrases are practically interchangeable.

    She preferred buying some Indian tapestries; for that matter everything she bought was not made in our country. YES!


    She liked those kind of things strangely made. As a matter of fact, she enjoyed buying Indian tapestries and gorgeous furniture for her house. YES!

    But in the "raw fish" sentence I donīt see the meaning.

    Is it right that:

    As the matter of fact means something like : de hecho, in Spanish? "a matter of fact", "in fact", "the fact is" mean en realidad, en efecto.

    For that matter means something like: de hecho in Spanish?

    Actually, Iīm trying to learn English because I need it to have a better job than I have, so I should have to take a test. But I donīt really know if I am studying rightly or if there are many important things to take into account that I am leaving out. Would you like to give me your opinion, or perhaps a suggestion, whenever you like?

    Eg: I didnīt know that we canīt end a statement with a preposition. B
    est regards. Your opinions are the nicest and more useful.
    vicente

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