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So just, because he refers to Glorfindel's battle with 'demon' hardly implies he planned to change it from a Balrog to some other beast.
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And incidentally, to be fair to the other person who raised the possibility, Tolkien actually appears to have crossed out the word Balrog in one instance [in the late text concerned], as well as employ demon throughout. I can't really easily explain why he should feel the need to do that...
... although again I still don't buy it myself [even if Balrog numbers were drastically reduced]...
but let's not [including me, if I have] simplify this person's suggestion of a possibility
And that's all it was, if I recall correctly.