It is necessary to know. VI. Describing situations. A matter is a subject or situation that you must consider
or deal with. For example, a case is a ‘matter that is being
officially investigated…’
State and conditions are both used to describe how some-
thing or somebody books or is physically or mentally. A medi-
cal condition is a particular health problem that somebody has.
A situation that exists as a habit or practice that somebody
has can be described as the fact of or the practice of… For
example, gender is the fact of being male or female.
