comparative/comparable

[victor steinbok]

This does not seem to be a single instance, although I hear it more
frequently in speech. (Finding print examples is harder for obvious
reasons.) The sentence is from the AP fact-check of the Palin book.

> > After AP reported those donations during the presidential campaign, she said she would give a *comparative* sum to charity after the general election in 2010, a date set by state election laws.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/13/us/politics/AP-US-Palin-Book-Fact-Check.html

[Note: I am not sure NYT archives AP stories. Most newspapers do not
because of contractual issues with AP. Bottom line is that the link
may not work after a couple of weeks.]

VS-)

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