Hey everyone, can anyone help me with my confusion please?
‘What did you think of the Physics lesson?
It was not as fun as the Biology lessons but we learnt a lot more!’
It is clear from this sentence that the ‘we learnt a lot more’ applies to the Physics lesson rather than the Biology lessons due to the word ‘but’. The ‘we learnt a lot more [in the Physics lesson]’ correctly contrasts/contradicts the preceding clause ‘[The Physics lesson] was not as fun as the Biology lessons’. This makes sense but I am still a little confused with another aspect of the meaning.
As we have established:
‘What did you think of the Physics lesson?
It was not as fun as the Biology lessons but we learnt a lot more [in the Physics lesson].’
As the speaker is comparing the single Physics lesson to possibly numerous Biology lessons, how is it possible for more to be learnt from a single Physics lesson than multiple Biology lessons (I guess it is possible but extremely unlikely). Or have I misunderstood the meaning? Does the answer instead mean more would be learnt in the Physics lesson when comparing it to any single Biology lesson rather than more would be learnt in a single Physics lesson than all of the Biology lessons combined?
Has anyone got any suggestions?
Thank you your time and help, I really appreciate it.
‘What did you think of the Physics lesson?
It was not as fun as the Biology lessons but we learnt a lot more!’
It is clear from this sentence that the ‘we learnt a lot more’ applies to the Physics lesson rather than the Biology lessons due to the word ‘but’. The ‘we learnt a lot more [in the Physics lesson]’ correctly contrasts/contradicts the preceding clause ‘[The Physics lesson] was not as fun as the Biology lessons’. This makes sense but I am still a little confused with another aspect of the meaning.
As we have established:
‘What did you think of the Physics lesson?
It was not as fun as the Biology lessons but we learnt a lot more [in the Physics lesson].’
As the speaker is comparing the single Physics lesson to possibly numerous Biology lessons, how is it possible for more to be learnt from a single Physics lesson than multiple Biology lessons (I guess it is possible but extremely unlikely). Or have I misunderstood the meaning? Does the answer instead mean more would be learnt in the Physics lesson when comparing it to any single Biology lesson rather than more would be learnt in a single Physics lesson than all of the Biology lessons combined?
Has anyone got any suggestions?
Thank you your time and help, I really appreciate it.