Talk:the matter

RFD discussion: October 2016

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the matter

the matter, tagged but not listed Leasnam (talk) 15:09, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Wait a minute. @User:Equinox, what about "Oh, he's got a lot the matter with him." "the matter" modifies "a lot" which is being used as a noun in this case. You couldn't replace "he's got a lot the matter with him" with "he's got a lot a serious issue with him." Hmmm... What a confusing case. PseudoSkull (talk) 15:10, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

I'd consider that ellipsis for "he's got a lot that's the matter...". Equinox ◑ 15:12, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Good point, that's it from me, please someone speedy this by author's request. PseudoSkull (talk) 15:14, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

How do we cover a phrase like "what's the matter?" Is it at matter? Renard Migrant (talk) 16:25, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that example is there. Equinox ◑ 16:27, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

matter is normally uncountable anyway. No need for an entry. DonnanZ (talk) 10:13, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Tea room convo

See Wiktionary:Tea room/2019/March § "She had something the matter with her back". Canonicalization (talk) 13:10, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

What's the matter with him?; Nothing's the matter.

The examples for the first sense seem to be in fact uses of the second sense --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:22, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

@Backinstadiums: I almost agree with you about "Nothing's the matter", but not about "What's the matter with him?", which is syntactically straightforward. Canonicalization (talk) 13:08, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Entry merged into matter

This entry has been merged into matter. See "Wiktionary:Tea room/2021/August#the matter". — SGconlaw (talk) 13:53, 20 October 2021 (UTC)