What's up with the TV or What's wrong with the TV: Which one is common and more correct?
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Both can be used in most situations.
"What's up" is considered informal and would mostly be used with people you know well or have built a solid rapport with.
If you have any other questions you can always send me a message. Best of luck Ali!
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whats up with the TV is more colloquial but I definitely understand what you mean. I would probably say whats wrong with the TV if the TV isn't working.
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In colloquial, spoken English, they are both correct, but in formal English only 'What's wrong' is correct.
'What's up' is very informal.
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Young people especially use the term 'whats up?' to mean 'what's going on?', 'what's happening?' These terms can be literal or they can simply be a greeting to be used in place of 'Hi.'
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