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Question
The Nobel Prize is one of the greatest honours in the world.
(Change the given sentence into positive and comparative degree)
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Solution
Positive: Very few honours in the world are as great as the Nobel Prize.
Comparative: The Nobel Prize is greater than many other honours in the world.
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