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<p>事情并没有想家的那么糟糕。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The sentence you quote has a typo. It should be:</p>
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<p>事情并没有想像的那么糟糕。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>想像的 is nominalization, meaning <em><strong>what one thinks of</strong></em>. The whole sentence means <em><strong>things don't go as bad as what we think of</strong></em>.</p>

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2020-09-13T13:27:07.013Z
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dan
<p>There's a special function of 的: when it is understood, the word after it can and usually be omitted:  他去买吃的，我买喝的。  &quot;食物&quot;is omitted after first 的, and &quot;饮料&quot;is omitted after second 的。
Extending fully, your sentence should be 事情并没有(你/大家)想像的(样子)那么糟糕。Also,没有 here is not properly used as it is total negative (doesn't exist), better use 不如。 But this is modern language:
1 People getting lazier and lazier and sentences/words are getting shorter and shorter.
2 Precision of using word is not a trend any more, especially with young generation, and getting worse.
Can't help it.  It's the modern world.  Languages are mutating non stop.</p>

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James Liu 刘老师
<pre><code>事情并没有想家的那么糟糕。
</code></pre>
<p>(1) What is the meaning of this sentence?</p>
<p>(2) In “想家的那么糟糕”, please explain to me the function of 的? I do not understand why 的 turns up in that position.</p>

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2020-09-13T10:52:36.863Z
Must be an OCR error switching 家 for 像.
Mou某
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Meaning of 事情并没有想家的那么糟糕
# Meaning of 事情并没有想家的那么糟糕

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-13)

事情并没有想家的那么糟糕。

(1) What is the meaning of this sentence?
(2) In “想家的那么糟糕”, please explain to me the function of 的? I do not understand why 的 turns up in that position.

**Tags:** grammar, sentence-structure

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Must be an OCR error switching 家 for 像.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-09-13. Score: 3

> 事情并没有想家的那么糟糕。

The sentence you quote has a typo. It should be:

> 事情并没有想像的那么糟糕。

想像的 is nominalization, meaning ***what one thinks of***. The whole sentence means ***things don't go as bad as what we think of***.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-09-14. Score: 1

There's a special function of 的: when it is understood, the word after it can and usually be omitted: 他去买吃的，我买喝的。 "食物"is omitted after first 的, and "饮料"is omitted after second 的。
Extending fully, your sentence should be 事情并没有(你/大家)想像的(样子)那么糟糕。Also,没有 here is not properly used as it is total negative (doesn't exist), better use 不如。 But this is modern language:
1 People getting lazier and lazier and sentences/words are getting shorter and shorter.
2 Precision of using word is not a trend any more, especially with young generation, and getting worse.
Can't help it. It's the modern world. Languages are mutating non stop.


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