【LIST】comparative form

The comparative form of an adjective 
is used for comparing two people or things 
(e.g. he is taller than me), 
while the superlative is used for comparing one person or thing 
with every other member of their group 
(e.g. he was the tallest boy in the class).

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1. Put another way, 
2. for the last fourteen years 
3. at least 30,000 Japanese have killed themselves annually, 
4. which is typically about equal in absolute terms to the U.S., 
5. which has a population 
6. that is almost two and a half times the size of Japan. 

• EIN058_Japan's Suicide Problem: Searching for Answers 

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1. Annual suicide rates in Japan 
2. are 
3. considerably higher than in most other industrial countries, 
4. normally hovering around 24 suicides per 100,000 people, 
5. which is 
6. roughly double the rate in the U.S. and 
7. three times that in the UK.  

• EIN058_Japan's Suicide Problem: Searching for Answers 

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1. It affects young people to a much greater degree than 
2. they or their elders imagine. 

• EIN071_Depression is a national ailment that demands open recognition in Japan 

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1. “depressive illness is the most frequent mental disorder 
2. among older people.”

• EIN071_Depression is a national ailment that demands open recognition in Japan 

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Its protein content is even higher than beef.  

• EIN072_Spirulina may prevent skin cancer - study 

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1. In 2005, 
2. around 262,000 divorces took place 
3. which were 
4. 28,000 less than the divorce cases in 2002 and 
5. 16,500 more than the divorce cases in 1991.

• EIN073_Divorce Rate in Japan

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divorces rate in Japan had more than doubled

• EIN073_Divorce Rate in Japan

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1. the divorce rates in 2009 were 
2. 3.9 times more than the divorce rates 
3. reported 50 years back.

• EIN073_Divorce Rate in Japan

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