He has something wrong with him

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FalaGringo

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Are these both grammatically correct.?


  1. "There is something wrong with him."
  2. "He has something wrong with."
 

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Yes. And I don't see any difference in meaning or register.
 

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Are these both grammatically correct.?


  1. "There is something wrong with him."
  2. "[strike]He has something wrong with[/strike]."

I find (2) ungrammatical. It's missing "him" after "with":

He has something wrong with him.
 

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I only say 'There's something wrong with him'.
 

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For me there's a difference in meaning.

The use of 'have' in He has something wrong with him I think shows that the speaker is thinking of some kind of persisting condition that in some way 'belongs' to him.
 

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Oops, sorry, I overlooked that missing word at the end of 2.
 

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For me there's a difference in meaning.

The use of 'have' in He has something wrong with him I think shows that the speaker is thinking of some kind of persisting condition that in some way 'belongs' to him.

Yes- I wouldn't use it for a common cold.
 
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