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Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning. No other planet in our solar system is as cold as Neptune. - English

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Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.

No other planet in our solar system is as cold as Neptune.

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Neptune is the coldest planet in the solar system.

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Chapter 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Grammar- Degrees of Comparison [Page 159]

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Chapter 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
Grammar- Degrees of Comparison | Q 2 5. | Page 159

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