He meant by this statement: "<span>everybody was there, and there was a general closing up of ranks and taking stock of our losses in dead or disabled that had fallen during the past year." is everyone saw what happened but after a year, all they can do is account the people they lost and structures that were damaged. The care for the ones left behind were not present, this means that people move on so fast. </span>
D. at a time you won't be interrupted
In the sentence, <em>My new alarm clock was much louder than my old one, </em>the word that is an example of comparative degree adjective is louder. The comparative degree adjective shows that there are two objects that are in comparison while the superlative is when there are three or more items being compared.