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Comparative objects cannot be relativized in any way, at least in prose Netagin:

*Comparing verbs: ''the man that he(i) gave more to the poor than'' = "The man whose giving to the poor he(i) exceeded/did_better"

*Comparing verbs: ''the man that he(i) gave more to the poor than'' = "The man whose giving to the poor he(i) exceeded/did_better" or "the man who gave less to the poor than him(i)"

*''the team that we ate more apples than'' = "The team whose eating of the apple we exceeded"

*Comparing NPs: ''the team that we ate more apples than'' = "The team whose eating of the apple we exceeded"

*For comparison of adjectives, Netagin can express ''the only student I am taller than'', for example, as "the only student shorter than me", or "the only student whose tallness I exceed", using one of the above constructions.

*For comparison of adverbs, again the auxiliary verb corresponding to the adverb is used with either the transgressive or the verbal noun of the lexical verb. The auxiliary can take applicatives and direct objects: ''the only student I can jump higher than'' = "the only student REL him-APPL-do_better-1SG jump.TRGR" (pseudogloss)

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 Comparative objects cannot be relativized in any way, at least in prose Netagin:
-*Comparing verbs: ''the man that he(i) gave more to the poor than'' = "The man whose giving to the poor he(i) exceeded/did_better"
+*Comparing verbs: ''the man that he(i) gave more to the poor than'' = "The man whose giving to the poor he(i) exceeded/did_better" or "the man who gave less to the poor than him(i)"
-*''the team that we ate more apples than'' = "The team whose eating of the apple we exceeded"
+*Comparing NPs: ''the team that we ate more apples than'' = "The team whose eating of the apple we exceeded"
 *For comparison of adjectives, Netagin can express ''the only student I am taller than'', for example, as "the only student shorter than me", or "the only student whose tallness I exceed", using one of the above constructions.
 *For comparison of adverbs, again the auxiliary verb corresponding to the adverb is used with either the transgressive or the verbal noun of the lexical verb. The auxiliary can take applicatives and direct objects: ''the only student I can jump higher than'' = "the only student REL him-APPL-do_better-1SG jump.TRGR" (pseudogloss)