Question : How to get unique records based on maximum date?

Hi - very new to SQL Server so please forgive me(!)

I have a table with data:

UNIQUE_ID      SHARED_ID       DATE_MODIFIED      COMMENT
1                  101                     15/ 01/2000            HELLO
2                  102                  16/01/2000            TEST
3                  101                  20/01/2005            NEWER COMMENT
4                  102                  17/03/2007            NEWER COMMENT
5                  103                  01/01/2009            ONLY ONE COMMENT

What is the SQL syntax to return the latest (by date modified) comment for each shared ID but also returning the unique id?

So, I would expect the following result:

UNIQUE_ID      SHARED_ID       DATE_MODIFIED      COMMENT
2                  102                  16/01/2000            TEST
3                  101                  20/01/2005            NEWER COMMENT
5                  103                  01/01/2009            ONLY ONE COMMENT


Many thanks for your time in helping me.

Answer : How to get unique records based on maximum date?

Slightly different approach:

SELECT t1.*
FROM SomeTable t1 INNER JOIN
   (SELECT t2.SHARED_ID, MAX(t2.DATE_MODIFIED) AS DATE_MODIFIED
   FROM SomeTable t2
   GROUP BY t2.SHARED_ID) z ON t1.SHARED_ID = z.SHARED_ID AND t1.DATE_MODIFIED = z.DATE_MODIFIED