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In this paper, we describe comparative sentences based on adjectival predicates and classify them into 6 syntactic classes: there are 3 types of complex sentences obtained by combination of simple sentences and 3 types of simple sentences lexically containing comparative meanings in their adjectival predicates. These 3 types in each case correspond to the adjectival sentences in English like "as Adj as N", "more/less Adj than N", "the most Adj among N". In this study, these classes are formally defined by syntactic structures like ‘Na Nb-mankeum Nc-ga Adj', ‘Na Nb-boda Nc-ga deu Adj', ‘Na Nb-jungeso Nc-ga gajang Adj', ‘Na Nb-wa Nc-ga Adj', ‘Na Nb-boda Nc-ga Adj', ‘Na Nb-jungeso Nc-ga Adj', and named , , , , , and respectively. The other types of comparative sentences which are not treated in this study should be analyzed as well to complete a global description of comparative sentences in order that we extract automatically comparative opinions from on-line documents.