BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE ATTENDED AN AIR FAIR Amelia was born in 1897, in Kansas BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE ATTENDED an air fair with her father in 1920 that she became interested in flying. My questio

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Ricardo Brinck

BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE ATTENDED AN AIR FAIR Amelia was born in 1897, in Kansas BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE ATTENDED an air fair with her father in 1920 that she became interested in flying. My question: The expression "BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL SHE ATTENDED" don't make sense in literally translate from English to Portuguese. Can anyone explain the complete mean of that sentence ? I really didn't get the relation between the Amelia's birth and place where she was born and the second part of the sentence. Thank you in advance.

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Thank you. The word BUT was confuse in this context and show me an idea of contrast with the expression "in Kansas". But if it is in this way that idea is writen, I just need to accept and learn it. Thank you for the explanation.

I assume that you are writing about Amelia Earhart. "But it was not until she attended" means that she had never thought about flying UNTIL (up to the time) she went with her father to the air fair.

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