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Mr. Tom Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Understanding vs. Knowledge

Hi

Would you say that understanding and knowledge are essentially synonymous here?

  1. We were informed that he he had been hit by a car but we had no understanding of how critical his situation was.
  2. We were informed that he he had been hit by a car but we had no knowledge of how critical his situation was.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Would you say that understanding and knowledge are essentially synonymous here? No.

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  • Mr.
  • Tom Would you say that understanding and knowledge are essentially synonymous here?
  • No.
  • "Understanding" is wrong there.
  • You have to have knowledge before you can understand.
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Mr. TomWould you say that understanding and knowledge are essentially synonymous here?

No. "Understanding" is wrong there. You have to have knowledge before you can understand. Also, a comma is needed before "but".

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Would you say that understanding and knowledge are essentially synonymous here? Yes, although understanding is often considered to be deeper than knowledge. But not in this example.

The casual way to word this example is to say They told us he had been hit by a car, but we didn't know how critical his situation was.

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