word useage

[CON-FUSED]

I'm having an argument with a family member on the useage of the word "knowledge" within the context of the following phrase/sentence: "She understands the knowledge better." --> This is grammactically incorrect, right?

[shihhungchou]

I'm having an argument with a family member on the useage of the word "knowledge" within the context of the following phrase/sentence: "She understands the knowledge better." --> This is grammactically incorrect, right?

In my opinion, I will change "better" to "well". Is it correct?

[Violeteyes]

In my opinion, that sentence should be: She understands it better than me
Or:She understands it well.

[Tdol]

It depends on the context- if it's clear that they are talking about some specific knowledge and it is also clear who the comparartive refers to, then it's OK. However, we don't use a definite article with 'knowledge' very much, and it might sound better to say the matter/topic/subject/issue, etc.

[Naughty Beef]

I don't like it. It sounds like something from a badly-dubbed Kung-Fu movie.

[Casiopea]

Welcome, CON-FUSED, Shihhungchou, Violeteyes, and Naughty Beef.

In sum, "She understands the knowledge better" is ungrammatical. It's semantically awkward, as tdol mentions. In addition to tdol's list of more approriate words, I'll add, "information". And, yes, Shihhungchou, "better" works well in that context; that's if, the last part of the sentence has purposely been omitted for sake of efficiency:

EX: She understands the information better [than she did last year /than I do/ than me].