Structure
de toute façon
SpokenB1What follows
de toute façon + a full sentence
Function
Structure
Meaning
Says what came before changes nothing for what follows.
Position and punctuation
at the start of the sentence · a comma after
Example
De toute façon, la décision ne dépend pas de nous.
In any case, the decision is not up to us.
In the DELF
the B2 oral presentation
The trap
This is SPOKEN French: in a paper, quoi qu'il en soit or en tout cas say the same thing without the looseness.
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