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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

What's the problem?

What's the problem? or what's the matter?. Can they be used indistinctively?
  

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What the problem? What's the matter? Both can be used interchangably.

  • What the problem?
  • What's the matter?
  • Both can be used interchangably.
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What the problem? What's the matter?

Both can be used interchangably.
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"What the problem" is grammatically incorrect.
Use "What's the problem" instead.
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What's up? Would this expression be used in the same context?
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Miriam, it was a typo. If you looked at the original question, you would have noticed that.
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what's up?


Slightly different context. What's the matter? What's the problem? Both assume something is not right.

What's up? This is expression is indifferent. You could meet a friend and say, "What's up?" It might be positive or negative. What's new? would be an alternative phrase.

Had you been living in North America, you would hav

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