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Difference between "matter" and "problem"



 
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Difference between "matter" and "problem" #1 (permalink) Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:43 am   Difference between "matter" and "problem"
 

In my exercise book, there is a multiple - choice question like that:
That so many students failed the test is no laughing .....
A. Thing
B. Matter
C. Affair
D. Problem
The correct answer is B.
I wonder why we don't choose D as well. Can you explain the difference between "matter" and "problem"?
Thank you in advance.
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Difference between "matter" and "problem" #2 (permalink) Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:03 am   Difference between "matter" and "problem"
 

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'No laughing matter' is idiomatic.
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