"Help the Wildlings? Why would we do that?" the watchmen said. "Let them be picked off! Less enemies for us." Stannis, like a primary school English teacher, was quick to point out the grammatical error. "Fewer," he grumbled to himself.

It's not the first time Stannis's grammar pedantry has reared its head. When Stannis sailed to attack King's Landing in season two, he speaks to Davos about the time he cut off* the loyal knight's fingertips as punishment for his smuggling crimes. (*Corrected) "It's four less fingernails to clean," Davos said. "Fewer," Stannis replied.

"Four fewer fingernails to clean." Stannis' penchant for grammatical correctness was praised by fans on Twitter as the episode aired last night with many calling him the King of Grammar. "Stannis correcting grammar under his breath, then being nonplussed to explain it is easily the best thing that's ever happened on GOT," Brandon Stroud tweeted. "I had no real opinion on Stannis Barathean until he corrected a fewer/less grammar mistake. Now he is my #GoT hero," Jessica Welman wrote.

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