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Hi, All! I have a doubt and I would like to have your help. These are examples taken from an excellent WS uploaded today.
Turkey is larger than Japan but
Japan has higher population than Turkey.
Brazil is smaller than Canada but
Canada is less populated than Brazil.
Canada is the largest country but
Brazil is the most populated of all.
The comparative adj. in the second example bugs me a little. When we say that A is larger than B, we infer that both A and B are large. So can we say than B is smaller than A? If yes my question will be are A and B large or small?
Wouldn �t it be apropriate to say that B isn �t as large as A?
Think of a house with rooms that are more or less the same size:
The main bathroom is as big as the den but smaller than the living room. Although, it is bigger than the ironing room on the second floor which isn �t as big as the kitchen on the first which is larger than my bedroom...
Maybe you are just having an off day... 
