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Mr. Tom Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Somthing the matter

Hi

Is "something the matter" a set phrase?

There is something the matter with this pen -- sometimes it writes perfectly and sometimes it doesn't put a dot.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Yes. It means there's something wrong with it. Rover

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Yes. It means there's something wrong with it.

Rover
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Mr. TomIs "something the matter" a set phrase?
Yes. It's one of a small family of such phrases where 'the matter' means 'wrong'. It's used with 'with'.

Something's the matter with this knife.
What's the matter with this knife?
There's nothing the matter with this knife.
Nothing's the matter with this knife.
There isn't anything the m
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