What * the matter?
Hi, guys. Could you, please, clarify something for me. Two Americans (native speakers) wrote "What the matter" without "is" in it. But I can't find any information on it. Is it some sort of slang or what?
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They could have meant to say "What's the matter." As in "What is the matter." but with a 'what + is' contraction. It could have been a typo if you read it online.
What the matter is neither natural sounding, nor grammatically correct.
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It is funny...The first idea to come is obviously that they were somehow influenced by WTF-like constructions. But unlike native speakers, I can't predict or exclude the possibility of the two constructions interacting/mixing in their minds:(
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