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Cache

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What's the meaning of this sentence?

Although they appreciated art better the more they learned about it....

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    • Although they appreciated art better the more they learned about it....

    Although learning more about art helped them to appreciate it better, ...

    The meaning is not completely identical, but changing the word order may help.
     
    hmm, does it mean that hey appreciated art but not learned not much about it?
     
    There is a possibility that this needs more background. Here is an alternative...
    Although they appreciated art better, the more they learned about it....the better they got.
    Please always supply as much detail as possible.
     
    difficult cuss said:
    There is a possibility that this needs more background. Here is an alternative...
    Although they appreciated art better, the more they learned about it....the better it got.
    Please always supply as much detail as possible.
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    And teenagers found that, although they appreciated art better the more they learned about it, there is still a gulf between them and the world of the art gallery
     
    Cache said:
    What's the meaning of this sentence?

    Although they appreciated art better the more they learned about it....

    Thanks!
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    It seems to me that someone is trying to say:

    The better they appreciated art, the more they learned from it.

    Probably, someone is nightdreaming, so think of that as a wild guess.
     
    It means that their appreciation of art increased to the same degree that their knowlege of art increased. They learned more about art and so they appreciated it more. More learning = more appreciation.

    "Better the more" is not a phrase, it is the end of one phrase and the beginning of the the next. Panjandrum suggested changing the order of the sentence. Here is how that would work: Although the more they learned about it, the more they appreciated art.
     
    Although the more they learned about it, the more they appreciated art.
    Why would you use "although"?
    As they learned more about art, they appreciated it more.

    I still think though that as the original sentence ends with three dots, it might not be complete. Hence my suggestion above.

    Cache, was it complete? If not please supply the complete version
     
    I assumed there was more to come. Something like:

    Although they appreciated art better the more they learned about it, I suspect that none of them would ever spend their holidays touring Art Galleries.
     
    Visitors to the exhibition found a surprising collection of works of art whose overall effect is thoughtful and mysterious. The Tate management found that their original intention in involving young people-to draw more of them into the gallery- is going to take a lot more than one exhibition. And teenagers found that, although they appreciated art better the more they learned about it, there is still a gulf between them and the world of the art gallery.
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    That's is the whole paragraph
     
    MissFit said:
    It means that their appreciation of art increased to the same degree that their knowlege of art increased. They learned more about art and so they appreciated it more. More learning = more appreciation.

    "Better the more" is not a phrase, it is the end of one phrase and the beginning of the the next. Panjandrum suggested changing the order of the sentence. Here is how that would work: Although the more they learned about it, the more they appreciated art.
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    Ditto! Missfit.:thumbsup: But are you sure we need "although" in this case. This version is preferred by me:

    The more they learned about art, the more they appreciated it.

    When it is compared with the presented statement, I feel like chasing wild geese.

    Cheers,

    Lewis
     
    Cache said:
    That's is the whole paragraph
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    Good, that's just a little bit like the version I invented :)
    Are you OK on the meaning?
    Here is my earlier paraphrase plugged into your context.

    And teenagers found that, although learning more about art helped them to appreciate it better, there is still a gulf between them and the world of the art gallery.

    ...
     
    Now, I see the whole picture of the wild geese. On this occasion, "though" is a must.
    Sorry for being a wild-goose chaser.
     
    panjandrum said:
    Good, that's just a little bit like the version I invented :)
    Are you OK on the meaning?
    Here is my earlier paraphrase plugged into your context.

    And teenagers found that, although learning more about art helped them to appreciate it better, there is still a gulf between them and the world of the art gallery.

    ...
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    Understood :D

    Thanks!
     
    Cache said:
    Understood :D

    Thanks!
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    Huge sigh of relief.
    The little dots at the end were a clear message to some of us.

    If I may be allowed a small comment in support of our "Give us context" campaign, if you had posted the paragraph at the beginning, lots of wild geese would have been saved from a lot of distress ;)
     
    panjandrum said:
    Huge sigh of relief.
    The little dots at the end were a clear message to some of us.

    If I may be allowed a small comment in support of our "Give us context" campaign, if you had posted the paragraph at the beginning, lots of wild geese would have been saved from a lot of distress ;)
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    Ya aprendí la lección :)

    I do not know how to say that in English :)
     
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