Thread:LaVey/@comment-6608822-20150111043857

Hey there,

I saw that you reverted my edit to the Slogra page, in which I changed the sentence

In this fight, Slogra is by far the most dangerous of the two.

to read

In this fight, Slogra is by far the more dangerous of the two. (Boldface added for emphasis.)

Your argument that "most" is the superlative form of "many" for both enemies (Slogra and Gaibon) is incorrect. The words "more" and "most" do not modify "Slogra" or "Gaibon"; they modify the adjective that they precede ("dangerous"). Since the adjective is being used to compare two enemies (again, Slogra and Gaibon) - which is further reinforced by the prepositional phrase at the end of the sentence - we must use its comparative form ("more dangerous") to talk about them. "Most dangerous" is not the correct form of the adjective to use here, because it implies that we're talking about three or more enemies.

I don't want to turn this into an edit war, especially since it's a very minor point and not something that most people would even glimpse at twice, but I wanted to explain my reasons for the edit in a way that makes sense. I have an MA in English and have been teaching ESL learners for more than six years, so my job requires me to have a keen eye for grammar and a good understanding of how to correct mistakes when I find them.

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. 