Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25389622-20141101150445/@comment-24199126-20150111202620

It can still refer to "associates/companions". I think it's too much to be drawing from conventions established by our militaries, especially since they have no place with regards to Arendelle's. And based on the dictionary definitions alone, there was/is nothing wrong with "battalion" or "company", respectively. Your instinct may have been "that's way too many men", but mine certainly wasn't. Also, if "group" is as subjective as "large", I guess we should question every instance where we used that term then? No, because a group is literally "any number of people".

I'm aware that was your point, but the sentence never said that to begin with. "Marshamallow roared, causing ice spikes to erupt from his body" is the same as "Causing ice spikes to erupt from his body, Marshmallow roared." The only difference is shifting the participial phrase, but in either case, the sentences state that Marshmallow caused the ice spikes to erupt while roaring.