Learn English – “Most importantly” or “more importantly”

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Which of the following two sentences is more correct?

  1. "A picture says a thousand words, more importantly in a fraction of a second"

OR

  1. "A picture says a thousand words, most importantly in a fraction of a second"

Nothing important, just my own quotes! Do also suggest, if I can put it in a better way to express what I want to.

Best Answer

I feel: "A picture says a thousand words, more importantly in a fraction of a second"

sounds better.

Here, 'better' implies that even though it is an important attribute of a picture that it says a thousand words, what is more important (which makes it even more effective) than this is the fact that it does so really quick i.e. in a fraction of a second! So, you compare 2 things and say which one is better. One should have at least 3 things, to state which one of them is the best. You could capture the same emphasis if you had said: "A picture says a thousand words, and does so in a blink of an eye!"

PS. Not all pictures can say a thousand words, even among those that do, not all can actually do it in a fraction of a second. After all, a picture is not just what is been shown, it is really what is been seen. The picture owes many of its attributes to the beholder.

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