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Used with verbs:
"
I want to take up this matter with him."
(take up, resolve, bring up, raise)
"
I tried to press the matter."
(press, examine, simplify, decide)
"
Can you please address the matter?"
(address, deal with, look into, consider, drop)
"
We discussed the matter at length."
(discussed, debated, talked about)
"
Don't confuse the matter."
(confuse, complicate, pursue)
"
This is not helping the matter."
(be + helping)
"
She is just making matters worse."
(be + making)
"
How should I approach the matter?"
(approach, tackle, handle, settle, treat)
Used with nouns:
"
As a matter of fact, I have a dog too."
(fact)
"
It is only a matter of time before he figures it out."
(time)
Used with adjectives:
"
It is made up of vegetable matter."
(vegetable, organic, inorganic, solid, dark)
"
What subject matter are you teaching?"
(subject)
"
They are debating over a technical matter."
(technical, political, economic, religious, different)
"
I helped her with some legal matters."
(legal, financial, family, private)
"
I don't think this is a laughing matter."
(laughing, routine, pressing, urgent, simple, small)
"
I have some personal matters to discuss."
(personal, spiritual, important, practical, serious, complicated, related, sensitive, delicate, complex)
Used with prepositions:
"
The problem is a matter of decency."
(of)
"
This is a matter for them to decide."
(for)
"
It will be done in a matter of days."
(in)
"
I want your opinion on this matter."
(on)
