Rule reminder

In academic Italian, comparatives are expressed with precision using: 'a differenza di' (unlike), 'rispetto a' (compared to), 'in misura maggiore/minore' (to a greater/lesser extent), 'in misura equivalente' (to an equal extent), 'proporzionalmente a' (proportionally to), 'in proporzione a' (in proportion to), 'relativamente a' (relative to / concerning). These are preferred over colloquial comparatives.