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"text": "It's not polite to take something without asking."
},
{
"text": "Parents have to teach their children to be polite."
},
{
"text": "Susie is more polite than her sister Cindy."
},
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"text": "Susie is the most polite child I have ever met."
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},
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},
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},
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