modality N1 uncommon casualwritten

〜ほどのことではない — it's not worth ~ing

〜ほどのことではない

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Builds on 〜ほど

Meaning

Key sentence

It's no big deal worth apologizing over.

Easily confused with

〜ほどのことはない ほどのことではない is just the では (contrastive) variant of ほどのことはない; the 'not big enough to warrant ~' meaning and contrasts are taught there.

See 〜ほどのことではない in real sentences

Jengo shows 〜ほどのことではない the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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Sources Compiled from published Japanese grammar references.

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