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Who is old?The grandfather is old.

The baby is young.

The grandfather is older than the baby.

Who is young?The grandfather is not young.

The baby is young.

The baby is younger than the grandfather.

This is Vern Troyer.  He is not tall.

Who is tall? This is Yao Ming.  He is very tall.

Yao Ming is taller than Vern Troyer.  In fact he is much taller (than Vern Troyer).

Who is smart?

This is Patrick.  He is really not smart.

This is Spongebob.  He is not smart.

Patrick is less smart than Spongebob, but Spongebob isn't much smarter than Patrick.  They are both kind of foolish.

Who plays well?Yao Ming plays professionalbasketball.  He plays very well.

Sarah is not a professional basketball player.  She plays for fun. 

Yao Ming earns money to play.  He plays better than Sarah.

Who plays well?Yao Ming plays professionalbasketball.  He plays very well.

Sarah is not a professional basketball player.  She plays for fun. 

Sarah plays worse than Yao Ming (but so does everyone else in the world.

What is more expensive?The turquoise dress costs $8.74. It is not expensive.

The purple dress costs $29.99

The purple dress is more expensive than the turquoise.

Which one is the biggest? Cincinnati is a big city. 333,012 people live in Cincinnati.

431,369 people live in Cleveland.  It is bigger than  Cincinnati.

769,332 people live in Columbus.  It is bigger than Cincinnati and it isbigger than Cleveland.

Columbus is the biggest city in Ohio.

George Clooney is the most famous actor of Augusta, Kentucky.  He is only actor I know of from there. 

Who is the most famous?

What is the best city?

Paris is the best city in the world. 

Cincinnati is a good place to live. 

Chicago is a better city because there is more to do in Chicago.

What is the worst restaurant in the world?

White Castle is the worst restaurant in the

world.  McDonald' is bad, but this is worse.